Buhari Arrives China
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Beijing, China for the 7th summit of the Forum on China-Africa Corporation (FOCAC) Summit.
The forum is slated to hold from September 3 to 4.
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Recall that President Buhari left Abuja on Friday for the summit after receiving the German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
A statement earlier issued on Aug. 30 in Abuja by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said that Buhari, in his capacity as the Chair of ECOWAS, would deliver remarks at the high-level dialogue among Chinese and African leaders, business representatives and African entrepreneurs.
He added that the Nigerian president was scheduled to join President Xi Jinping of China and other African leaders for the opening and roundtable sessions of the summit.
The theme of the summit is “Towards an even Stronger China-Africa Community with a shared Future.’’
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Shehu said that after the FOCAC Summit, Buhari would hold bilateral meetings with Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang, to discuss infrastructure financing for strategic projects in Nigeria.
He stated that their discussion would also cover the upgrading of Nigeria-China relations “from strategic partnership to comprehensive strategic partnership.
