Nation's top legislator pays visit to Mozambique

China's top legislator, Li Zhanshu, paid an official visit to Mozambique from Saturday to Tuesday to promote friendship and cooperation between the two countries.

In the capital city of Maputo, Li, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, met with Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi and had talks with the African country's Speaker of Parliament Veronica Macamo.

During his meeting with Nyusi, Li conveyed President Xi Jinping's sincere greetings. Li said the deep China-Mozambique traditional friendship was rooted in the history of their struggles against imperialism and colonialism and has grown even stronger in their joint efforts for common development.