Panafrican News Agency

Libya participates in coordination meeting of Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Deputy Foreign Minister for International Cooperation and Organisations, Omar Ketti, on Thursday participated in the virtual coordination meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).

He participated on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla al-Mangouch.

Those who participated included the Chinese foreign minister, and a number of foreign ministers from African countries, said a statement issued on Thursday by the Libyan Foreign Ministry.

The meeting was devoted to the follow-up of the results of the eighth session of the ministerial meeting of the Forum held in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, in November 2021.

The various participants focused on the importance of the joint partnership between African countries and the People's Republic of China within the framework of the forum and the strengthening of this participation through the implementation of the results of the eighth meeting and the nine programmes that the Chinese president had previously proposed in a number of different economic fields, the statement said.

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