Could you give us the schedule of Foreign Minister Yang Jiechis visit to Africa next Monday?
At the invitation of Dr. Zuma, Foreign Minister of the Republic of South Africa, Mr. MBUSA, Congolese State Minister in charge of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr. BATUMUBWIRA, Minister of External Relations of the Republic of Burundi and Mr. Seyoum, Foreign Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will pay official visits to the four countries from January 7 to 11 this year. China and Africa have over 50-year-long traditional friendship. It is an integral part of China’s foreign policy to consolidate and strengthen the solidarity and cooperation with African countries. Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi’s visit is to enhance mutual understanding, deepen traditional friendship, expand mutually-beneficial cooperation and implement the achievements of the Beijing Summit of the Forum of China-Africa Cooperation so as to press ahead with the new type of China-Africa Strategic Partnership of Cooperation. During his visit, Foreign Minis
