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Article: Nation, Grenada re-establish diplomatic relations
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- China Daily
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- January 21, 2005
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China and Grenada agreed yesterday to resume diplomatic ties in a
step that will put the bilateral relationship on a new footing.
Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and visiting Grenadian counterpart
Elvin Nimrod signed a joint communique to that effect in Beijing.
Li said he appreciated the Grenadian Government's decision to
resume diplomatic relations, saying it accords with the fundamental
interests of the people of the two countries.
"The two sides have agreed to resume diplomatic relations based on
the United Nations Charter and the Five Principles of Peaceful
Coexistence," he said.
The Chinese Government cut off diplomatic ties with Grenada in
August 1989 when the Caribbean island nation ...