China-Africa action plan lauded

Namibia to enjoy more cooperation highlights

President Xi Jinping underscored on Thursday China's willingness to work with African countries to fully implement the outcomes of the 2024 FOCAC Summit to promote common development and prosperity and build a high-level China-Africa community with a shared future.

The summit demonstrates the firm determination of China and African countries to advance modernization together, Xi said.

He made the remarks when meeting with Namibian President Nangolo Mbumba in Beijing.

Noting that both the Communist Party of China and Namibia's South West Africa People's Organization are long-term ruling parties, Xi called for enhancing friendly cooperation between the two countries and the two parties, strengthening exchanges in governance experience, sharing development opportunities, and jointly promoting modernization.

He emphasized the need for both countries to strengthen alignment of development strategies to create new highlights in their cooperation.

China supports Namibia's role as a coordinating country for the United Nations' Summit of the Future, which will be held on Sept 22 and 23, and is willing to enhance multilateral strategic coordination with Namibia to build up the force of the Global South, Xi said.

Mbumba said the two outcome documents adopted by the FOCAC summit on Thursday morning will help consolidate the brotherly friendship between Africa and China, and the initiatives proposed by Xi to promote modernization will usher in a bright future of common development and prosperity for Africa and China.

He expressed his country's commitment to implementing the outcomes of the summit and to strengthening cooperation with China in the fields of agriculture, minerals, infrastructure, clean energy, aerospace and aviation.