Yaoundé, Jan. 23: China and Cameroon have vowed to deepen pragmatic cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and implement the proposals agreed at last year’s Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).
Yang Jiechi, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s special representative, made the remarks on Friday during a meeting with Cameroon’s President Paul Biya in Yaounde. Yang is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee.
He said the two nations should jointly boost cooperation under the BRI and enhance friendly exchanges at all levels. China is willing to continue to support economic development and to improve people’s livelihoods in Cameroon, he continued.
Yang conveyed to Biya cordial greetings from Xi, noting that the African nation’s president attended September’s Beijing Summit of FOCAC and has achieved important consensuses with Xi, opening up new development opportunities for bilateral ties.
Biya said that Cameroon attaches great importance to its friendship with China and appreciates its partner’s long-term support and assistance.
He stressed that Cameroon is determined to jointly implement the fruitful outcome of FOCAC, and strengthen communication and cooperation with China in multilateral affairs.
During the visit, Yang also met Cameroon’s Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute and Foreign Minister Lejeune Mbella Mbella.
(Cover: Yang Jiechi (L), Chinese President Xi Jinping’s special representative, meets with Cameroon’s President Paul Biya (R) in Yaounde on January 18, 2019. /Photo via the official website of Chinese Foreign Ministry).
Cameroon and China signed five development agreements last year. These include:Cameroon and China signed five development agreements last year. These include:
1) An economic and technical cooperation agreement between the governments of Cameroon and China;
2) A memorandum of understanding on the development of human resources;
3) A protocol agreement to reinforce cooperation on infrastructural development between the Chinese Ministry of Trade and Cameroon’s Ministry of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development;
4) A capacity-building framework agreement on production between the National Development and Reform Commission of the People’s Republic of China and Cameroon’s Ministry of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development;
5) A Concessional Loan agreement between the Exim Bank of China and Cameroon to cover phase two of the potable water supply project in nine towns in Cameroon.
