Xi sends congratulatory message to 37th AU Summit

BEIJING, Feb. 17: Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message on Saturday at the opening of the 37th African Union (AU) Summit.

Xi pointed out that in the past year, the China-Africa relationship has kept deepening and developing, noting that the China-Africa Leaders' Dialogue was successfully held and both sides have decided to support each other in their respective pursuit of modernization paths, to jointly create a good environment for realizing the vision of development.

He expressed the willingness to work with African leaders to draw a new blueprint for China-Africa cooperation this year, and jointly promote a high-level China-Africa community with a shared future. (RSS)