NAIROBI -- Chinese ambassadors to Cote d'Ivoire, Namibia and South Africa
have reiterated that China is Africa's friend and stressed the necessity of
developing Sino-African cooperative projects with great efforts for mutual
benefits and common development.
Ma Zhixue, China's ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire, has told Xinhua in an
exclusive interview that China and Africa are complementary in terms of economic
development as China encourages its enterprises to explore business
opportunities in Africa and seek win-win cooperation with African partners with
Chinese capital, technology and equipment.
The ambassador suggested that the cooperative projects meet African demand
and be suitable for African conditions so that they can bring benefits for both
sides, saying these projects should be built on common development so that they
can sustain like "rechargeable batteries."
He said that the cooperators should orient to the needs of the market and
formulate long-term strategies of cooperation to make their cooperation
sustainable, stressing that "common devotion, common management and common
interest" are crucial for the success of the cooperation.
Chinese Ambassador to the southern African nation of Namibia Liang Yinzhu has
said that China has all along regarded Namibia as one of the most reliable
friends. The traditional Sino-Namibian friendship and cooperation have become
closer continuously through helping and learning from each other in national
building and rendering mutual understanding and support on the international
arena.
He stressed that the high-level exchange of visits between the two countries
last year and this year have added new impetus to bilateral pragmatic
cooperation in various fields. The Sino-Namibian trade amounted to 140 million
U.S. dollars last year and the areas of bilateral economic cooperation has
extended into railway building and telecommunications.
Liang expressed appreciation for Namibia's stand of backing China's peaceful
reunification and its support to China on many international issues.
Chinese Ambassador to South Africa Liu Guijin has echoed the other two
ambassadors' view that China and Africa are friends, saying that China will take
more concrete actions to let more Africans feel China's sincerity in offering
them help.
"China and African countries are both developing countries being challenged
by the task of development and sharing identical or similar stand on major
international issues and are economically complementary, thus they are
significant strategic partners," said the ambassador.
He said the Chinese government will announce some more measures favorable for
Africa's development on the upcoming Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa
Cooperation scheduled for Nov. 4-5.
Liu stressed that the relations between China and African countries are
transparent, open and non-exclusive.
"China welcomes trilateral or multilateral cooperation in Africa," he
said.
