Xi Jinping holds talks with President Nbaro of Guinea-Bissau

On the afternoon of July 10, President Xi Jinping held talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing with President Nbalo of Guinea-Bissau, who was on a state visit to China. This is before the talks, Xi Jinping held a welcoming ceremony for Embaro in the square outside the East Gate of the Great Hall of the People. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Rao Aimin

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 10. On the afternoon of July 10, President Xi Jinping held talks with President Embaro of Guinea-Bissau, who was on a state visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The two heads of state agreed to upgrade the relationship between China and Guinea-Bissau to a strategic partnership.

On the afternoon of July 10, President Xi Jinping held talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing with President Nbalo of Guinea-Bissau, who was on a state visit to China. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Haitao

Xi Jinping pointed out that China and Guinea-Bissau have a special history of friendship. In recent years, the relations between the two countries have been continuously deepened, political mutual trust has become stronger, pragmatic cooperation has become more extensive, and international coordination has become closer. China supports Guinea-Bissau in independently exploring a development path that suits its own national conditions, and is willing to inherit traditional friendship with Guinea-Bissau, consolidate political mutual trust, expand practical cooperation, continuously enrich the connotation of the strategic partnership between the two countries, and help Guinea-Bissau better achieve national development.

Xi Jinping emphasized that China is willing to intensify friendly exchanges with Guinea-Bissau at all levels, strengthen exchanges of experience in governance, and take the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" as a guide to expand cooperation in agriculture, mining, infrastructure construction, and blue economy. China welcomes Guinea-Bissau's high-quality agricultural products to enter the Chinese market, and encourages Chinese companies to invest and cooperate in Guinea-Bissau to help Guinea-Bissau transform its resource potential into development momentum. China is willing to continue to provide support to Guinea-Bissau's domestic construction within its capacity, and continue to send rice technical experts and medical teams to help Guinea-Bissau ensure food security and develop public health. The two sides should strengthen exchanges and cooperation in education, youth and other fields to promote people-to-people bonds between the two countries. China will continue to provide government scholarships and training places to help Guinea-Bissau cultivate more talents for the country's development needs.

Xi Jinping pointed out that both China and Africa have splendid civilizations, have a painful history of being colonized and invaded, and both cherish and pursue national independence and liberation. The support and assistance provided by China and African countries to each other is sincere and a model of unity and cooperation between true, friendly and sincere brothers and developing countries. Under the new situation, we should join hands to create a new era. The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation is an important platform for the people of China and Africa to implement the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and promote common development. Two weeks ago, we solemnly held in Beijing the 70th anniversary of the publication of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. A new summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation will be held in Beijing this autumn. China is willing to work with Guinea-Bissau and other African countries to carry forward the five principles of peaceful coexistence, discuss major plans for China-Africa cooperation in the new era, safeguard the common interests of developing countries and international fairness and justice, and join hands to build a high-level China-Africa community with a shared future. we will promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.

Embaro said that from the moment we arrived, the delegation and I deeply felt the sincere friendship of the Chinese people towards African brothers. The relationship between Guinea-Bissau and China is sound and strong, and the two sides have always firmly supported each other. When Guinea-Bissau encountered difficulties, China did not hesitate to give its valuable support, which the people of Guinea-Bissau will never forget. We will, as always, stand firmly with China, firmly abide by the one-China principle, and firmly support China's position on issues of core interests such as Taiwan. Guinea-Bissau admires China's great development achievements and regards China as the top priority and most important partner of diplomacy. It hopes to learn from China's development philosophy and experience, strengthen cooperation in the fields of economy, trade and investment, infrastructure, minerals and energy, and help the country's development. China has never colonized, never interfered in the internal affairs of other countries, never dictated to other countries, always accorded equality and respect to small countries, and always followed its words and deeds. What China has brought to African countries are schools, hospitals, roads and other cooperative projects that benefit the African people. Guinea-Bissau highly appreciates China's important role and positive contribution to the development of the African continent, and actively supports China in hosting the new summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. Guinea-Bissau supports the Belt and Road Initiative, the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping, and is willing to closely communicate and cooperate with China in multilateral affairs to promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.

On the afternoon of July 10, President Xi Jinping held talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing with President Nbalo of Guinea-Bissau, who was on a state visit to China. After the talks, the two heads of state witnessed the signing of a number of bilateral cooperation documents. This is Xi Jinping shaking hands with Nbarro. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Haitao

After the talks, the two heads of state witnessed the signing of a number of bilateral cooperation documents on the implementation of the Global Development Initiative, economic development, customs inspection and quarantine, geology and mining.

The two sides issued a joint statement on the establishment of strategic partnership between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau.

On the afternoon of July 10, President Xi Jinping held talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing with President Nbalo of Guinea-Bissau, who was on a state visit to China. This is before the talks, Xi Jinping held a welcoming ceremony for Embaro in the square outside the East Gate of the Great Hall of the People. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Haitao

On the afternoon of July 10, President Xi Jinping held talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing with President Nbalo of Guinea-Bissau, who was on a state visit to China. This is before the talks, Xi Jinping held a welcoming ceremony for Embaro in the square outside the East Gate of the Great Hall of the People. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Lin

Before the talks, Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan held a welcoming ceremony for Embaro and his wife Dinisia in the square outside the East Gate of the Great Hall of the People.

When En Barlow arrived, a salute lined up. The heads of state of the two countries boarded the reviewing stand, the military band played the national anthems of China and Guinea-Bissau, and a 21-gun salute was fired in Tiananmen Square. Accompanied by Xi Jinping, Nbalo inspected the honor guard of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and watched the split.

On the afternoon of July 10, President Xi Jinping held talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing with President Nbalo of Guinea-Bissau, who was on a state visit to China. This is a photo taken by Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan with Nbarro and his wife Dinisia before the talks. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Jingwen

That night, Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan held a welcome banquet for the Embarov women in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People.

Wang Yi participated in the above activities. (Reporter Zheng Mingda)