FTS 16:30 13-09: China and Venezuela seek to strengthen bilateral ties
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping met in Beijing with the aim of consolidating bilateral relations. // Cuba sets the details ahead of the Summit of the G77 and China to be held in Havana. // Russian President Vladímir Putin received his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-un. teleSUR
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00:00 [MUSIC]
00:10 >> Chinese President Xi Jinping and
00:13 Venezuelan head of state Nicolás Maduro met in Beijing as both leaders pledged to
00:17 take bilateral relations to the highest level.
00:19 Cuba said that details ahead of the summit of the G77 and
00:28 China to be held in Havana, a set of states and leaders arrived in the island.
00:32 Russian President Vladimir Putin received his North Korean counterpart
00:39 Kim Jong-un at the Boptushinsk Cosmodrome,
00:43 where he pledged support for the North Korean space race.
00:47 Hello, welcome to From the South, I'm Ana Marrero from the TeleSUR headquarters in
00:56 Caracas, Venezuela. We'll be with the news, stay with us.
00:59 [MUSIC]
01:09 Chinese President Xi Jinping has a welcome ceremony for
01:14 visiting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Wednesday.
01:18 While receiving the head of state, the military band played the national
01:22 anthem of Venezuela and China, and a 21-gun salute was fired.
01:28 And Comrade Nibai Xi Maduro reviewed the Guard of Honor of the Chinese People's
01:33 Liberation Army, and the two head of states also watched a march past of
01:38 the Guard of Honor and a performance of the military band.
01:42 [MUSIC]
01:49 Upon receiving the President of Venezuela, Xi Jinping expressed his support for
01:54 Venezuela's efforts to maintain its sovereignty, national dignity, and
01:59 social stability, as well as resist extreme interference.
02:03 In a meeting at the Great People's Palace, the Chinese President assured
02:08 that his country and Venezuela are good friends and partners.
02:12 For his part, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro,
02:14 thanked the authorities for the support of the Asian nation and
02:18 asserted that their relations are a model of links between the countries of
02:22 the Global South.
02:23 During his meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping,
02:31 the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, affirmed that his country's ready to work
02:36 on opening a new era in Venezuelan-China relations.
02:39 [FOREIGN]
02:45 >> First of all, on behalf of the Venezuelan people,
02:48 I would like to express my best wishes to you,
02:51 the ancient China and the People's Republic of China.
02:54 The relationship between Venezuela and
02:56 China are an example for the countries of the Global South.
03:00 I have witnessed how China has become a superpower,
03:04 a superpower committed to peace, well-being, and cooperation for humanity.
03:10 My team and I are very happy to be in China again, and
03:14 I am ready to work with the Chinese side to open a bright new era in
03:19 Venezuelan-China relations.
03:20 >> During the meeting, Chinese head of state, Xi Jinping,
03:25 praised the good health of bilateral relations between China and Venezuela,
03:30 and stressed his nation's support for the sovereignty of the South American nation.
03:34 [FOREIGN]
03:38 >> China and Venezuela are good friends with mutual trust and
03:42 good partners for common development.
03:44 China has always viewed the development of relations with Venezuela from a strategic,
03:49 high-level, and long-term perspective, and will, as always,
03:53 firmly support the efforts of Venezuela to safeguard national sovereignty,
03:59 national dignity, and social stability, and firmly support
04:03 Venezuela's just cause of opposing foreign interference.
04:07 [FOREIGN]
04:10 >> In the same line, the leader of the Asian nation state his country and
04:13 Venezuela will upgrade strategic ties with the purpose of enhancing their
04:17 people's well-being.
04:19 [FOREIGN]
04:23 >> I am very happy to announce with you the upgrading of China-Venezuela relations
04:28 to an all-weather strategic partnership.
04:30 Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic
04:35 relations between our two countries.
04:37 I am willing to work with you to draw up a blueprint for the development of
04:42 China-Venezuela relations, and to consolidate and
04:45 deepen cooperation between the two countries in various fields, so
04:49 as to bring more benefits to the people of the two countries, and
04:52 inject more positive energy for world peace and development.
04:55 [FOREIGN]
04:58 >> The President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro,
04:59 attends the closing ceremony of the 17th joint China-Venezuelan commission,
05:04 where he was together with the Executive Vice President of Venezuela,
05:07 Delcy Rodriguez, and her Executive Cabinet.
05:09 China and Venezuela focus this conference on promoting unilateral development
05:13 proposals for the evolution of both nations under the perspective of
05:18 investments and growth.
05:19 Likewise, Beijing and Caracas are strengthening their bilateral and
05:22 diplomatic ties to maintain the brotherhood between the both nations.
05:26 [BLANK_AUDIO]
05:31 >> Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has stated that the China-Venezuela high
05:34 level commission is one of the most beneficial for the nations.
05:37 [BLANK_AUDIO]
05:42 >> All the commissions have been important.
05:45 I believe they have been fruitful.
05:47 But with the deep knowledge that I have, I say intensely, I believe that this is
05:53 the best day that the China-Venezuela high level commission has ever had for
05:58 the relationship between our countries.
06:00 [BLANK_AUDIO]
06:02 >> Venezuelan Executive Vice President Delcy Rodriguez referred to the historic
06:06 relations between the two countries and the role of President Maduro and
06:10 his counterpart Xi Jinping in this development.
06:13 [BLANK_AUDIO]
06:16 >> We know that China and Venezuela, one heart and one mind for their cooperation,
06:21 and under the leadership of President Maduro and President Xi Jinping,
06:27 have been able to remove from the road all the obstacles that
06:31 our cooperation has suffered in these 22 years of existence of the commission.
06:36 >> Let's take our very first break, but remember you can now join us on our
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06:45 Stay tuned for more news.
06:46 [MUSIC]
06:57 [MUSIC]
07:07 >> Welcome back to From the South.
07:12 On Wednesday, Cuba's Prime Minister Bruno Rodriguez offered a press conference ahead
07:16 of the G77 and China Summit to be held in Havana.
07:20 The diplomat defined the main guidelines of the global South gathering.
07:24 [FOREIGN]
07:34 >> Rodriguez also explained that the relevance of the summit for
07:52 future similar gatherings and other bands of South-South cooperation.
07:56 [FOREIGN]
08:06 >> The voice of the G77 and China under the present international circumstances
08:12 is part of the relevant negotiation, intergovernmental
08:17 processes that will take place very soon.
08:22 Among them, the summit on the sustainable development goals,
08:27 the conference of the parties under the Finber Convention of
08:31 the United Nations on Climate Change, COP 28,
08:36 the Third South Summit to be held early next year and
08:41 the Summit of the Future.
08:46 >> The summit of head of states and governments of the G77 plus China will
08:51 take place in Havana on September the 15th and the 16th with the support of
08:56 reinforcing unity and that side in on collective and
09:00 practical sections to face contemporary challenges.
09:04 Our correspondent in Havana Fabiola Lopez tells us more about it.
09:07 >> [FOREIGN]
09:10 >> This September 2023, Havana will become the capital of the global South when
09:15 the leaders of the group of 77 and China will meet in this city to discuss
09:20 current development challenges as well as the role of science, technology and
09:24 innovation.
09:25 >> [FOREIGN]
09:26 >> This is an indispensable summit in the midst of the economic and
09:31 multidimensional crisis that is occurring on a planetary scale.
09:35 At a time when the countries of the South are seeking a solution to
09:42 these problems within the scopes of independence, sovereignty, and a greater
09:47 degree.
09:49 I will say of awareness of where the roads that will take us toward
09:55 development mostly.
09:58 >> 23 years ago when inaugurating the first South Summit,
10:01 the supreme decision making body of the G77 and China, precisely in Havana,
10:06 Fidel Castro said that in the globalized world where knowledge is the key to
10:10 development, the technological gap between the North and the South was widening
10:15 in the conditions of increasing privatization of scientific research and
10:19 its results.
10:20 >> [FOREIGN]
10:23 >> Never before has humanity had such a formidable scientific and
10:27 technical potential.
10:29 Such an extraordinary capacity to generate wealth and well-being.
10:33 And never before has the world been so unequal and inequality so profound.
10:38 >> [FOREIGN]
10:40 >> The special representative of the group of 77 and China,
10:44 Ambassador Pedro Luis Pedroso, explains to Telesur that today more than ever,
10:49 developing countries and the world as a whole need to move towards a new
10:52 philosophy and paradigm of development because the resource base on which
10:56 humankind sustains is increasingly depleted.
10:59 >> [FOREIGN]
11:03 >> Capitalism does not sacrifice consumption for
11:07 man, which is proven and demonstrated.
11:12 Then the only way to advance towards a new paradigm is not only with a political
11:18 orientation that leads to that, but
11:23 it has to be on a technological and innovative basis.
11:27 If Cuba, in the midst of the most complex and difficult situation it has gone
11:34 through, which was not only a blockade intensified to unprecedented levels,
11:44 but also the consequences of the Cuban COVID period, and Cuba,
11:49 in the midst of that, was able to produce five vaccines,
11:52 three of them already in the market in use.
11:55 So what we, 134 countries,
11:59 can't do if we decide to unite our individual potentials?
12:05 [MUSIC]
12:09 >> In calling the meeting in Havana, President Miguel Diaz-Canel considered
12:13 that the scientific technical progress that is key to achieving development is
12:17 inaccessible to a large part of humanity and
12:20 has its roots in the unfair international economic order.
12:23 [MUSIC]
12:27 >> We can do many things if we decide to unite our potentialities,
12:31 our capacities, our resources.
12:34 And we will not necessarily have to depend on the north,
12:38 as it will be a new source of liberation of the south.
12:42 And therefore, what we intend with this summit is that,
12:46 to say that we have potentialities among us, we can do many things.
12:52 >> Cuba's commitment is to promote international solidarity and
12:56 cooperation among the countries of the south by advocating the use of science,
13:01 technology, and innovation as engines of sustainable development.
13:05 >> Fabiola Lopez, TELESUR, Havana.
13:09 >> The Salvadoran parliament has approved on Tuesday the 4th of the 18th time
13:14 an extension of President Nayib Bukele's emergency regime.
13:17 The Central American nation has now spent 17 months with limited
13:22 constitutional warranties as a strategy to reduce violence.
13:25 The request presented by the Ministry of Security, Gustavo Villatoro,
13:30 was approved by ruling party Nuevas Ideas and its allies with 67 votes.
13:35 Of all the United Nations organization based on evidence provided by
13:40 the Salvadoran organizations has expressed concern about the length of time and
13:46 the excesses committed under the regime,
13:49 the president of the parliament hasn't said about its efficiency.
13:53 >> [FOREIGN]
13:56 >> We are building the conditions for
13:58 new generations to have a dignified, free, and sovereign country.
14:03 Today, before the Salvadoran people, we commit ourselves to continue supporting
14:08 President Bukele in this effort to bring peace to every corner of our territory.
14:13 We will not take a step backwards.
14:15 >> [FOREIGN]
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14:31 [MUSIC]
14:41 >> Welcome back.
14:55 On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin received his North Korean
14:59 counterpart, Kim Jong-un, at the Potosin Cosmodrome,
15:03 where he pledged support for the North Korean space race.
15:07 Hours earlier, in an interview to his nation's media,
15:10 the North Korean leader had described his trip as an expression of the strategic
15:15 importance Pyongyang has attached to bilateral relations with Moscow.
15:19 In the first part of the meeting,
15:21 they toured the base facilities, including the Soyuz 2 rocket launch pad.
15:26 >> [FOREIGN]
15:32 >> Of course, we need to discuss economic cooperation and humanitarian issues.
15:36 The situation in the region, we have a lot of issues to discuss.
15:41 I want to say that I am very glad to see you and
15:43 thank you for accepting the invitation and coming to Russia.
15:47 >> During the official meeting, North Korean's leaders, Kim Jong-un,
15:53 told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Pyongyang's will-made bilateral ties
15:57 with Moscow, it's a number one priority.
15:59 >> [FOREIGN]
16:02 >> It is our government's strong position that we will prioritize the North Korea,
16:07 Russia relationship and
16:08 put it as the number one priority of our foreign policy from now on.
16:13 We have always expressed full and
16:15 unconditional support for all the measures taken by the Russian government and
16:19 President Putin.
16:21 And I take this opportunity again to affirm that we will always be with
16:25 Russia at the front line of the struggle for independence against imperialism.
16:30 >> Italy received in only 24 hours more than 5,000 migrants coming mostly from
16:37 Libya and Tunisia.
16:38 In the midst of the migratory wave, a five-month-old baby lost his life
16:43 when the boat he was traveling in capsized.
16:46 The island of Lampedusa issued an alert as on Tuesday,
16:50 the day that along it received 5,112 migrants and refugees.
16:55 The trend continues in the morning on this Wednesday where it is estimated that
16:59 about 30 boats across the Italian coast.
17:02 Emergency services reported the overturning of a vessel in which about four
17:06 migrants were traveling.
17:07 The Coast Guard hit and called for help and
17:10 as they were getting ready to the patrol, a baby of Guinean origin traveling with
17:17 four families fell into the water of a Mediterranean.
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17:30 In Libya, more than 5,000 people have died in a coastal city of Derna Al-An,
17:43 with the death tolls likely to rise as thousands are still missing.
17:47 Broken roads, failed communications networks, the legacy of years of
17:53 serious conflict and the effects of climate change contribute to making Libya
17:57 one of the world's worst humanitarian crisis, according to the L.A.
18:02 and Libya Directorate of the International Rescue Committee.
18:07 Officials reported more than 5,300 fatalities,
18:11 but the number could double given the number of missing people.
18:15 [BLANK_AUDIO]
18:19 And the United Nations organizations announced that it will allocate an A
18:24 package value at 9.3 million euros to deal with the damage caused by the storm in
18:29 Libya.
18:30 The government told the Institute that it considered the most deadly in the country's
18:34 modern history.
18:35 It is the latest blow to a nation prevented by years of chaos and division.
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18:47 Rescue teams step up a massive force to bring relief to the devastated
18:52 Morocco and mountain village on Wednesday as the chances fade fast for
18:56 fending survivors from the powerful earthquake which killed 2,900 people and
19:01 left hundreds of thousands handled.
19:06 Vehicles packaged with supplies drove up winding the mountainous roads to deliver
19:11 food and tens of survivors of the country's earthquake more than six decades.
19:16 Morocco so far exceeded the 72 hours window in which rescuers are
19:22 considered most likely, although in some cases survivors were found well beyond
19:27 that time.
19:28 Yellow tents distributed by the governments are serving as camps for
19:33 people left homeless in a worst hit areas south of the Marrakech.
19:37 [BLANK_AUDIO]
19:40 >> [FOREIGN]
19:42 >> We have lived through this tragedy and
19:44 because we are safe and sound, we have come to help our brothers and
19:48 sisters who have been injured by this earthquake.
19:52 Even those who have not been seriously affected.
19:56 We are caring people and we are ready to do whatever we can to help our fellow
20:00 human beings, whether it's through material or moral support or
20:05 by donating blood because people need blood.
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20:21 For TELESURYENGLISH and from the south, I'm Ana Marrero, thank you for watching.
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