BEIJING: Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi on Saturday met with Kenyan President William Ruto in Nairobi, with both sides pledging to deepen Belt and Road cooperation.
Wang, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, noted that since the establishment of diplomatic ties 60 years ago, China and Kenya have treated each other as equals, supported each other and jointly strived for revitalization. The two countries have become good friends sharing political mutual trust and good partners engaged in win-win cooperation, said Wang, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee
China approaches relations with Kenya from a strategic perspective, and is willing to work with Kenya to take the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations as a new starting point to align their strategies for revitalization with a focus on development and cooperation, and push their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership to a new level in the new era, Wang added. He urged the two sides to strengthen the strategic guidance of their leaders, enhance political mutual trust and increase exchanges between governments and political parties in various fields. China firmly supports Kenya in safeguarding its sovereign independence and national dignity, fighting terrorism and taking a development path in line with its own national conditions, Wang stressed.
China is willing to actively promote cooperation with Kenya in railway, highway, aviation, information and other fields while jointly advancing Belt and Road cooperation, the Global Development Initiative and the “nine programs” of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, so as to help Kenya advance its economic and social development and promote regional integration in Africa, the senior Chinese diplomat said.
China stands ready to work with Kenya to practice multilateralism, preserve the central role of the United Nations in international affairs and the common interests of developing countries, promote the implementation of the Outlook on Peace and Development in the Horn of Africa and safeguard regional peace and development, Wang said. –The Daily Mail-CGTN news exchange item
