Leaders hail China-Africa connections

Mozambique sees bright future as trust grows

China and Mozambique should act as good brothers trusting and supporting each other, good partners promoting mutually beneficial cooperation and shared development, and good friends standing together for mutual assistance and coordination, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday.

Xi made the remarks during the meeting with visiting Mozambican President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi in Beijing. He highlighted the deepened mutual political trust and fruitful cooperation between the two countries in recent years, saying bilateral ties have ushered in a new and promising future.

China is willing to work with Mozambique to expand cooperation in infrastructure, energy and minerals, agriculture, the digital economy and other fields to support its industrialization and economic diversification, Xi said.

Nyusi reaffirmed his country's commitment to the one-China principle, and said that Mozambique supports China's positions on its core interests, such as the Taiwan question and the South China Sea, supports China's "one country, two systems" policy and opposes groundless accusations against China on issues like human rights.

He expressed the hope that the two countries will deepen cooperation in trade, agriculture, infrastructure connectivity, security and other areas.

Mozambique highly appreciates the global initiatives Xi has proposed and his major proposals for improving global governance, and is willing to enhance mutual support with China on multilateral issues to promote the establishment of a fairer and more rational international order, he added.

Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, also met with Nyusi on Wednesday.