Belt, Road high on Sino-African agenda

President Xi Jinping said China hopes to follow up its successful hosting of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation by working with the African Union to push forward the joint building of the Belt and Road.

Xi made the comment when meeting with Moussa Faki Mahamat, chairman of the African Union Commission, in Beijing on Wednesday.

China is ready to better align its strategies with those of the AU's, deepen pragmatic cooperation and expand security cooperation with the organization, Xi said.