Ruto meets Chinese President Xi ahead of China-Africa summit

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President William Ruto on Monday met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping after arriving in China for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit. https://shorturl.at/mdwjT

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00:00China and Kenya have always been the leaders.

00:22Together, we have put in place a number of flagship connectivity projects, giving a strong

00:29boost to economic and social development in the region and bringing benefits to our

00:35two peoples.

00:38Recently, we just held the third plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, laying

00:46out a strategic plan for comprehensively deepening reform to advance Chinese modernization.

00:54Mr. President, under your leadership, Kenya is also pressing ahead in its economic reform

01:01and transition.

01:05China wishes to take the opportunities presented by the summit to further align our development

01:10strategies and take our comprehensive strategic and cooperative partnership to new heights.

01:16It is an occasion, Your Excellency, to thank you also for convening FOCAC, the all-important

01:24forum that brings China and Africa together.

01:30It is also an important opportunity for Kenya-China comprehensive partnership agreement, a strategic

01:43partnership that is based on a people-to-people engagement framed on programs that are mutually

01:59beneficial between our two countries and based on mutual respect and trust.

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