China-Africa Friendship Unbreakable: Chinese FM

Addis Ababa January 07/2019 Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the friendship between China and Africa is unbreakable after concluding a visit to four African countries on Sunday.

The Minister was in Africa on a visit to Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, the Gambia and Senegal from January 2 to 6, according to CGTN.

The Minister said "recently some countries deliberately smeared China-Africa cooperation" however, Africa prefers to continue its relation with China.

"The governments and people of African countries are not bewildered and they have stood up to break the rumors and firmly adhered to the friendly policy toward China."

Wang said the leaders of the four African countries appreciated China's cooperation with Africa and thanked China for its support for the development of African countries and the improvement of people's livelihood.

Speaking of rising unilateralism, Wang said adherence to multilateralism has become a common voice.

"African countries have great expectation on China's role in defending multilateralism. The four countries are willing to strengthen coordination with China and jointly defend the rules of multilateralism and jointly promote the democratization of international relations" he said.

Wang said his feeling from this Africa trip is that African countries have growing enthusiasm for the Belt and Road Initiative. 

"A large number of China's key projects in Africa have brought tangible benefits to local people. With the alignment of BRI with African Union's '2063 Agenda' and the development strategies of all countries, BRI is expected to launch cooperation with higher quality and higher level on the African continent," Wang noted.