Close ties with Africa reaffirmed, consensus on issues reached

China and Africa have reaffirmed their commitment to building a community with a shared future in the new era in order to enhance their fruitful cooperation and add fresh impetus to global development and stability.

During the Coordinators' Meeting on the Implementation of the Follow-up Actions of the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation held via video link on Thursday, both sides reached a wide range of consensuses on strengthening bilateral and multilateral cooperation and coordination.

They will synergize the Belt and Road Initiative and the Global Development Initiative with the African Union's Agenda 2063 and African countries' national development strategies in order to elevate China-Africa cooperation to higher levels, said a joint statement issued after the meeting, which was chaired by State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and attended by senior officials from African countries and the AU.