Ministers convene to pave way for FOCAC Summit

China sees the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation as an excellent platform to further strengthen traditional friendships, solidarity and coordination with African countries, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in Beijing on Sunday.

China is ready to work with African countries to jointly build an even stronger community of a shared future, Wang said at the Seventh Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

Ministers and representatives tasked with foreign and economic cooperation responsibilities from 53 African member states and from the African Union Commission attended the meeting, which was held ahead of the main summit on Monday and Tuesday.