Dar es Salaam
(L to R) Tanzania's First Lady Salma Kikwete, Chinese President Xi
Jinping, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete and the First Lady of China
Peng Liyuan pose at State House in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania on March 24,
2013. Xi Jinping and and China's First Lady Peng Liyuan are on a two day
visit to Tanzania, their first stop in Africa as part of an
international trip.
NATION
By XINHUA
Posted Monday, March 25 2013 at 16:02
Posted Monday, March 25 2013 at 16:02
China and Tanzania signed cooperation deals on Sunday to build a comprehensive cooperative partnership for mutual benefit.The agreement was reached at a meeting between
visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Tanzanian counterpart
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete.China, he said, is ready to work with Tanzania to
foster a comprehensive cooperative partnership characterized by mutual
benefit and win-win results and lift bilateral relations to a higher
level.Noting that both countries face the task of
national development, Xi said the two sides should trust, support and
help each other and pursue common development.China, he said, is willing to continue to support
Tanzania's socioeconomic development and encourage Chinese enterprises
to invest in Tanzania.Commenting on Africa's overall situation, Xi said
Africa is a continent full of hope and has a bright future despite the
many difficulties and challenges it faces now.
For his part, Kikwete extended a warm welcome to Xi and thanked China for its long-term support and assistance for his country, pledging that his country will continue to firmly back China on major issues concerning national sovereignty and territorial integrity.Tanzania, he said, commits itself to economic development and hopes to strengthen cooperation with China both bilaterally and under the framework of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in such areas as agriculture, energy, infrastructure, poverty alleviation and human resources.After the talks, the two leaders witnessed the signing of several cooperation deals.The meeting came hours after Xi arrived for a state visit to Tanzania, the second leg of his maiden foreign trip as president following Russia.China has become Tanzania's largest trading partner and second largest source of investment. Bilateral trade reached 2.47 billion U.S. dollars last year, up 15.2 percent year on year.After Tanzania, Xi will also travel to South Africa and the Republic of the Congo. In South Africa, he will attend the fifth BRICS summit in the port city of Durban on March 26-27, the first to be held on the African continent.The emerging-economy group of BRICS consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
For his part, Kikwete extended a warm welcome to Xi and thanked China for its long-term support and assistance for his country, pledging that his country will continue to firmly back China on major issues concerning national sovereignty and territorial integrity.Tanzania, he said, commits itself to economic development and hopes to strengthen cooperation with China both bilaterally and under the framework of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in such areas as agriculture, energy, infrastructure, poverty alleviation and human resources.After the talks, the two leaders witnessed the signing of several cooperation deals.The meeting came hours after Xi arrived for a state visit to Tanzania, the second leg of his maiden foreign trip as president following Russia.China has become Tanzania's largest trading partner and second largest source of investment. Bilateral trade reached 2.47 billion U.S. dollars last year, up 15.2 percent year on year.After Tanzania, Xi will also travel to South Africa and the Republic of the Congo. In South Africa, he will attend the fifth BRICS summit in the port city of Durban on March 26-27, the first to be held on the African continent.The emerging-economy group of BRICS consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
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