Xi's focus on foreign trips: Belt and Road Initiative
(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2016-01-06 07:09Visit to Africa
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President Xi Jinping meets with Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dec 3, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua] |
Xi expressed China's willingness to strengthen economic ties with the African countries in areas such as investment and finance, infrastructure construction, manufacture, agriculture, production capacity and healthcare, as well as cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative.
At a meeting with Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Xi said China welcomes Djibouti's participation in developing the Beijing-proposed 21st-century Maritime Silk Road in proper ways.
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