China-Africa ties hit new heights

Liberia embraces strategic partnership

China is willing to work with Liberia to implement the outcomes of the 2024 FOCAC Summit and bring the two countries' newly elevated strategic partnership to reach new heights, President Xi Jinping said on Friday when meeting with Liberian President Joseph Nyumah Boakai in Beijing.

Xi said China and Liberia have enjoyed a friendly relationship and in recent years, the Chinese and Liberian people have stood together in solidarity in jointly fighting Ebola and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Xi said China appreciates President Boakai's adherence to the one-China principle and is ready to offer joint support on issues related to core interests and major concerns so as to safeguard respective national sovereignty, security and development interests.

China is willing to provide support within its capacity for Liberia's infrastructure construction and step up bilateral cooperation in such areas as maritime shipping, agriculture and resource development, he said.

Boakai expressed thanks for China's longtime support for his country, saying that cooperation with China in many areas has helped improve the lives of Liberians.

He said Liberia is committed to developing its strategic partnership with China and hopes to take the implementation of the summit's outcomes as an opportunity to continuously deepen practical cooperation.

Li Xi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, also met with Boakai on Friday.