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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday warmly congratulated African
countries and their people on holding the 34th African Union summit. In his congratulatory message, Xi expressed his wish that African
countries and people will continue to make greater achievements on the
path of unity, self-improvement, development and progress. Xi emphasized that 2020 is an unforgettable year for China-Africa
relations. China and Africa supported each other and overcame the
difficulties in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the
Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity against COVID-19 was
successfully held, China-Africa cooperation in various fields continued
to advance, and both sides jointly safeguarded the interests of
developing countries as well as international equity and justice,
showing the world the high level of China-Africa relations, he said. Noting that a new session of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
(FOCAC) is scheduled to be held in Senegal this year, Xi said that China
is ready to work with the African side to build strategic consensus and
push for anti-epidemic cooperation, and fully implement the outcomes of
the FOCAC Beijing Summit. China is willing to work with Africa to advance deep and practical
cooperation on the Belt and Road construction, and make unremitting
efforts to build a closer China-Africa community with a shared future,
so as to benefit the Chinese and African peoples, Xi said. Enditem
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