Chinese and African leaders have exchanged views on China-Africa
relations and important international and regional issues during
the two-day summit, having reached many important consensus, said
President Hu Jintao in Beijing Sunday.
Hu made the remark when summarizing the two-session roundtable
of Chinese and African leaders attending the Beijing Summit of the
Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. The roundtable meeting passed a
declaration and an action plan for 2007-2009.
"We unanimously agree to build new type of strategic partnership
between China and Africa on the basis of political equality, mutual
trust, economic cooperation, win-win, and cultural exchanges," Hu
said.
The two sides expressed their stance over important
international and regional issues, and decided to support each
other and closely coordinate in international affairs to jointly
safeguard the legitimate interests of developing countries, he
said.
China-Africa cooperation brings real benefits to the two
peoples, and enjoys bright prospects, he said.
The Beijing Summit laid a solid foundation for the China-Africa
new-type strategic partnership, and the two sides should take
advantage of this summit so as to expand cooperation areas, he
said.
China is one of the developing countries, so enhancing the unity
and cooperation with other developing countries is the foundation
of China's diplomacy, he said.
China will always stand on the same side of all the developing
countries including African countries, he said.
China will always be a reliable partner for promoting peace and
stability in Africa, for realizing development and prosperity in
Africa, and for supporting Africa to actively participate in
international affairs, he said.
As a sincere friend of Africa, China will continue to provide
political, economic, and diplomatic help for peace and stability in
Africa, support a larger role of the United Nations and the African
Union, and take an active part in UN peacekeeping action in Africa,
he said.
China will gradually expand its market opening, investment,
assistance, technology transfer and personnel training, firmly
supporting Africa to enhance the capacity of self-development, he
said.
The world should not ignore Africa's voice, and China will
continue to support African countries to safeguard their legitimate
interests and push the international society to pay more attention
to and invest more in Africa, he said.
(Xinhua News Agency November 6, 2006)