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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
CHANGSHA, June 12 (Xinhua) — Representatives from China, 53 African countries and the African Union Commission gathered in Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province, on Wednesday to push for the full implementation of the outcomes of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FCAC).
At the opening ceremony of the ministerial meeting of the coordinators of the implementation of the FCAS results, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his counterpart from the Republic of Congo Jean-Claude Gakosso read out congratulatory letters from their heads of state. The Republic of Congo is the African co-chair of the FCAS.
In the letter, Chinese President Xi Jinping deeply highlighted the importance of China-Africa solidarity and cooperation, and announced important measures to further expand opening-up and cooperation with Africa, which, according to Wang Yi, provide important guidance for the two sides to jointly advance modernization and build an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future in the new era.
In the 25 years since its establishment, the FCAC has developed rapidly, ensuring the leap-forward development of China-Africa relations. The two sides have made new achievements in implementing the “10 Partnership Actions” announced at the FCAC Beijing Summit last September, which aims to promote modernization, Wang said.
China, the world’s largest developing country, and Africa, the continent with the largest concentration of developing countries, are the backbone of the Global South, he said.
“The more chaotic and intertwined the international situation becomes, the more China and Africa should strengthen unity and rely on their own strengths, and firmly stand on the right side of history,” Wang Yi said.
He noted that the parties should act as a guarantor of the cohesion of the Global South, a champion of international free trade, a like-minded partner in global development and cooperation, a defender of a fair international order and an engine of the diversity of world civilizations.
The 21st century is the century of both Asia and Africa. When more than 2.8 billion Chinese and Africans unite their aspirations and move forward hand in hand, they will definitely achieve outstanding achievements on the path to modernization, Wang Yi emphasized.
Jean-Claude Gakosso, on behalf of African countries, thanked China for supporting the continent’s development, warmly welcomed the “10 Partnership Actions” to promote modernization, and supported the China-Africa Cooperation Vision 2035. He expressed African countries’ readiness to thoroughly implement the results of the Beijing Summit to help realize the aspirations of African people for a better life.
The African side opposes the abuse of tariffs and unilateral sanctions and will firmly support China in jointly confronting challenges, he reiterated.
The meeting issued the Changsha Declaration of China and Africa on Maintaining Solidarity and Cooperation among Countries of the Global South. -0-