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Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa Alvin Botes Meets with Director-General of the Department of African Affairs of the Foreign Ministry Wu Peng

2022-06-10 18:24

On the afternoon of June 8, 2022 local time, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa Alvin Botes met with Director-General of the Department of African Affairs of the Foreign Ministry Wu Peng in Pretoria. Chinese Ambassador to South Africa Chen Xiaodong, Minister Li Zhigang of the Chinese Embassy in South Africa and Director Justin De Allende of the Office of Deputy Minister Alvin Botes were present.

Wu Peng said that in recent years, under the personal care and guidance of the two heads of state, the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and South Africa has been continuously deepened and is a model of China-Africa cooperation and South-South cooperation. China is ready to work with South Africa to consolidate bilateral political and strategic mutual trust, actively implement important outcomes of the phone conversation between the two heads of state and the meetings of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, strengthen cooperation in international and regional affairs, consolidate the high-level development momentum of China-South Africa relations and safeguard the common interests of developing countries.

Botes welcomed Wu Peng's visit to South Africa and said that China is a true and reliable partner and friend of South Africa and African countries, and no country can prevent South Africa from developing relations with China. The South African side is willing to take the visit as an opportunity to further deepen political mutual trust and practical cooperation between the two countries, strengthen exchanges and coordination on international and regional issues, and push for deeper and more concrete results in the comprehensive strategic partnership between South Africa and China.

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