50-year China-Gabon friendship a 'role model'

China and Gabon should draw strength from their traditional friendship and firmly support each other, President Xi Jinping said in a meeting with Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema on Wednesday.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Gabon.

Xi noted that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries "have developed into a role model for China's relations with African nations and the vast number of developing countries".