The meeting comes amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in China, where residents are living under a strict 'zero-COVID' policy.
Xi's government has adopted a strict zero-COVID policy. Bloomberg reported Friday that the leader greeted Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who was also not wearing a mask, in person and revealed a hope to"deepen trust" between their respective countries.
The meeting comes as Beijing undergoes lockdowns due to a surge in COVID cases. Certain schools have been forced to close at the same time that citizens have been instructed not to leave the city. Thursday, China faced a record spike in daily infections, with the country's tally shooting to nearly 32,000 new cases. Beijing, meanwhile, had counted more than 1,800 cases alone.
Above, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel attends a press conference in Ankara, Turkey on November 23, 2022, and Chinese President Xi Jinping appears at the G20 Summit in Bali on November 15, 2022. Despite his country's stringent COVID restrictions, Xi met with Diaz-Canel recently without wearing a mask.The two communist state leaders agreed to uphold their nations'"core interests" during the meeting, the Associated Press reported.
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