Chinese President XI Jinping has pledged increased economic cooperation with Nigeria, saying the country is important to Africa and the world.
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Xi Jinping has been elected Chairman of the Central Military Commission of China on the platform of the ruling Communist Party of China.
The congress further gave the green light to his plans for the biggest reorganisation of the government in years, including a wave of layoffs.
The announcement was made in a statement issued Friday dafter a meeting of top officials amid accusations that Beijing is vastly undercounting the pandemic’s toll.
In the letter personally signed by him, the President, in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina Buhari states:
This is contained in press statement signed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.
The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at a roundtable organized by the Center for China Studies
“Nigeria is an important strategic partner of China in Africa. China-Nigeria cooperation has been the pacesetter of China-Africa cooperation,” President Xi wrote in a letter to Presient Buhari, appreciating his congratulatory letter on the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, which came up October 1.
Under the framework of the China-Africa cooperation forum, China will further extend loan payment forbearance for some countries including African countries, Xi told the China-Africa summit on Wednesday.
The Sino-US ties have nosedived since the outbreak of the new coronavirus, with the administrations of President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping repeatedly trading barbs over issues related to the pandemic, especially the US accusations of cover-ups and lack of transparency.
Speaking in an interview with Fox Business Network, Trump said he had a “very good relationship” with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but “right now, I don’t want to speak to him.”
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that China would continue to step up assistance for Namibia and other African countries in combating the COVID-19 epidemic.
Ambassador Zhuo Pingjian, Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, on Friday said the volume of trade between China and Nigeria reached $19.27 billion in 2019.
Buhari, in a formal letter addressed to the Chinese leader, and made available to State House correspondents by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Tuesday, recounted the strides being taken in Nigeria-China relations.
According to a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Saturday, President Buhari also congratulated the Communist Party, and the people of China on the anniversary.
The president stated this when he received Yang Jiechi, Special Envoy of the President of China, Xi Jinping, at State House, Abuja, on Thursday.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with the Special Envoy of the President of the People’s Republic of China, Yang Jiechi, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
In 2013 Chinese President Xi Jingping launched an international investment program that became known as the Belt and Road Initiative. Under a new mantra to connect the global economy, China began investing heavily in foreign infrastructure projects in over 60 countries that account for 60 percent of the world population and 30 percent of global gross domestic product.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has felicitated with President Muhammadu Buhari on his 76th birthday.
Teams of police and state security officials in the southwestern city of Chengdu came to the homes of leaders and members of the Early Rain Covenant Church, late on Sunday and detained them, according to church announcements.