{"id":6826,"date":"2013-03-30T05:17:53","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T05:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/xi-jinping-wraps-up-africa-trip-in-congo\/"},"modified":"2013-03-30T05:17:20","modified_gmt":"2013-03-30T05:17:20","slug":"xi-jinping-wraps-up-africa-trip-in-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/xi-jinping-wraps-up-africa-trip-in-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"Xi Jinping wraps up Africa trip in Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a string of deals and pledged to bolster bilateral ties as he ended a trip to Africa in the Republic of Congo.}}<\/p>\n

The deals include a river port in Oyo, Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s hometown, and a sea port in Pointe-Noire that can export mineral ores shipments.<\/p>\n

Congo is a major oil producer. China is already its biggest trading partner.<\/p>\n

Before Congo, Mr Xi visited Tanzania and South Africa.<\/p>\n

China has become one of Africa’s major trading partners in recent years.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Mr Xi said he wanted to raise ties with Congo “to a new and higher level”.<\/p>\n

“The future, the development of China will be an unprecedented opportunity for Africa, and Africa’s development will be the same for my country,” he told parliament in the capital, Brazzaville.<\/p>\n

“We expect to work together with our African friends to seize upon historic opportunities and deepen cooperation … in order to bring greater benefit to the Chinese and African peoples.”<\/p>\n

President Sassou Nguesso praised China, rejecting charges of neo-colonialism sometimes levelled against the Asian superpower.<\/p>\n

During his week-long trip Mr Xi has sought to present China’s relationship with Congo as a partnership of equals.<\/p>\n

China and Congo have already launched projects worth several billion dollars, including a motorway between Brazzaville and the economic capital of Pointe-Noire.<\/p>\n

Trade between China and Congo rose from $290m (\u00a3190m) in 2002 to $5bn last year, China’s Xinhua news agency reported.<\/p>\n

Though Congo is one of sub-Saharan Africa’s top oil producers, some 70% of the country’s 4.1 million people live in poverty.<\/p>\n

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