China to boost bilateral ties with Nigeria under new plan: Envoy

Chinese Amb to Nigeria Gu Xiaojie (Pic: Daily Trust)

Abuja (IINA) – China will develop modalities to enhance bilateral relations with Nigeria under the new cooperation plan of the 2015 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit, Daily Trust reported.
The remark was made by Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria Gu Xiaojie at the 2016 China-Nigeria Trade and Economic Forum in Abuja on Wednesday.
The ambassador said the enhancement of bilateral relations would top the agenda of the meeting of the leaders of the two countries during President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to China in April.
Xiaojie said such high-level exchanges would boost the political and mutual trust and “inject strong impetus into the pragmatic cooperation in various fields between our two countries."
“This is the first visit to China by President Buhari since he came into office and also makes him the first African leader to visit China after the FOCAC Summit, which is of great importance to both China-Nigeria and China-Africa relations.
“During the visit, the two state leaders will hold talks and meetings and exchange views on cooperation in all fields, and lay out the blueprint for bilateral relations under new circumstances," the Chinese envoy said.
"The FOCAC Summit determined 10 key cooperation plans and those plans focus on resolving three major livelihood issues which are employment, food and health,” he said, adding that both countries will identify new areas of cooperation and partnership to diversify Nigeria's economy.
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