Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged in Port of Spain Sunday to work with Suriname and Barbados to expand his country's cooperation with the two Caribbean nations. Xi, in a state visit to Trinidad and Tobago, made the remarks during separate meetings with Surinamese President Desi Bouterse and Barbadian Prime Minister Freundel Stuart. In talks with Bouterse, Xi said Suriname hosts the most overseas Chinese in the Caribbean, and the Chinese culture has become an important part of Suriname's pluralistic culture.