African leader dismisses bugging report

Foreign Minister Wang Yi and visiting Chairman of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat both dismissed a recent report on Thursday by a French newspaper accusing Beijing of bugging the African Union Conference Center.

When asked about the article at a joint news conference with Wang, Faki, of Chad, said the allegations were lies. The center was funded by China and built in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa.

The allegations tried to alienate China and Africa, and he didn't see it would be in China's best interest to spy, said Faki.