President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso lays a wreath at the Monument to the People's Heroes on the Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 6, 2024.
Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, chats over tea with Antoinette Sassou Nguesso, wife of President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso, in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 6, 2024.
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who is in Beijing for the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 6, 2024.
BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- A joint statement on deepening cooperation between China and Africa within the framework of the Global Development Initiative was released at the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) that ran from Wednesday to Friday in Beijing.
