Xiomara Castro, President of Honduras, met with Dilma Rouseff, New Development Bank (NBD) of the BRICS. Photo: Presidency of Honduras.
President of Honduras Xiomara Castro, emphasized from Shanghai that relations with China will bring development opportunities to her country.
On her six-day official visit to China, Castro affirmed that the Honduran people recognize the One China principle and noted that establishing relations with Beijing will “bring development opportunities for Honduras.”
She asserted that “the Honduran people admire China’s achievements in development, especially the country’s efforts in poverty alleviation. Striving for the welfare of the people is the common goal of Honduras and China.”
In Xinhua, she was quoted saying: “I believe that the friendly ties between Honduras and China will be maintained. We will continue to strengthen them through cooperation between the two peoples.”
Honduras applies to join the BRICS bank
On Saturday, June 10, Xiomara Castro requested that Honduras join the New Development Bank (NBD) of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), during her meeting today with the president of BRICS, former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff.
The formal request for the country’s entry into the financial entity of the BRICS was announced on Twitter by the Government of Honduras.
Grato recibimiento de parte de la Pdta. del Banco de Desarrollo, @dilmabr, a nuestra Presidenta @XiomaraCastroZ en su llegada a Shanghái.🇨🇳
Durante este importante encuentro, se entregó solicitud formal para el ingreso de ðŸ‡ðŸ‡³ al Nuevo Banco de Desarrollo del BRICS.#XiomaraEnChina pic.twitter.com/PHHyBj1L3e— Gobierno de Honduras (@GobiernoHN) June 10, 2023
In another message, the Honduran government explained that a technical commission from Honduras will travel to initiate the process in the coming days.
“We see that we have ample opportunity here to find mechanisms that will allow us to develop our economy, as well as to find permanent allies that can aid us in giving a different quality of life to our people,” said the president when meeting with Rousseff.
(Últimas Noticias) by Kleybergel González
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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