Joint efforts with Sierra Leone to fight Ebola praised by world

China's principle of developing friendship with Africa will be unchanged despite the country's development and the rise of its international status, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday.

Xi made the remark while meeting with Julius Maada Bio, president of Sierra Leone, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

The two leaders witnessed the signing of documents by China and Sierra Leone covering such areas as economic and technological cooperation and jointly building the Belt and Road.