On July 21, Chinese President xi jinping arrived in Dakar for a state visit to the republic of Senegal.Senegalese President sall held a grand welcome ceremony for xi at the airport.Xi jinping, accompanied by sall, inspected the honor guard.President xi jinping and his wife peng liyuan pose with President sall and his wife Marie may after the parade.
Xinhua news agency reporter wang ye photo
On July 21, Chinese President xi jinping arrived in Dakar for a state visit to the republic of Senegal.Senegalese President sall held a grand welcome ceremony for xi at the airport.This is xi jinping, accompanied by sall, reviewing the honor guard.
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Dakar, July 21 (chinamil) — Chinese President xi jinping arrived in Dakar Monday for a state visit to the republic of Senegal.
July Dakar, blooming like brocade, green leaves into a curtain.At about 3:25 PM local time, xi’s special plane arrived at the airport.Xi jinping and his wife peng liyuan walked out the door.Senegalese President salle, his wife Marie may and prime minister Christian diona greeted him warmly at the gangway.Senegalese women present flowers to peng liyuan.
Sall held a grand welcome ceremony for xi at the airport.The two heads of state stepped on the reviewing stand.The military band played the national anthems of the two countries.Xi jinping, accompanied by sall, inspected the honor guard.After the parade, the two heads of state and their spouses took a group photo.Xi jinping and peng liyuan shook hands with the leaders of the Serbian government, parliament, political parties and military.Xi introduced the Chinese entourage to sall.
The two heads of state and his wife had cordial talks.Xi jinping, on behalf of the Chinese government and people, extended sincere greetings and best wishes to the government and people of Senegal.Xi stressed that this is the fourth time that he has set foot on African soil as Chinese President.Senegal is the first stop of my African tour and the first west African country I will visit as Chinese President.China and Senegal are good friends and partners.In recent years, bilateral relations have witnessed rapid development with fruitful cooperation in various fields.The two sides have maintained close political exchanges, enhanced mutual trust, made solid progress in mutually beneficial cooperation, conducted colorful cultural and people-to-people exchanges and maintained close coordination and cooperation in international and regional affairs.In 2016, President sall and I agreed to establish a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between our two countries and reached many consensus on expanding bilateral cooperation.I am glad to see that the consensus we reached has been implemented steadily and the two peoples have benefited from it.I look forward to having an in-depth exchange of views with President sall on bilateral relations and international and regional issues of common interest so as to jointly push for greater development of china-senegal relations.
On behalf of the senegalese government and people, sall extended warm welcome to President xi jinping.Sall said that President xi jinping chose Senegal as the first stop of his African tour and the first west African country he visited, which shows the importance China attaches to china-senegal relations. The senegalese people are deeply honored.This visit will certainly play an important role in promoting the development of bilateral and africa-china relations.China has made remarkable achievements in its development.Serbia looks forward to learning from China’s successful experience and deepening bilateral cooperation.
Ding xue xiang, Yang jiechi, wang yi, he lifeng and other accompanying officials arrived by the same plane.
Chinese ambassador to Senegal zhang xun also greeted him at the airport.
Dakar is full of friendship and warmth.On the way from the airport to the city centre, a huge photograph of the two presidents shaking hands was erected beside the road.Thousands of local people, dressed in blazers with pictures of the two heads of state and colorful ethnic costumes, crowded along the road, waving Chinese and Cypriot flags, beating drums and cheering enthusiastically to welcome the Chinese dignitaries.
Xi arrived in Dakar after concluding his state visit to the united Arab emirates.On his departure from ABU dhabi, crown prince Mohammed of ABU dhabi of the united Arab emirates headed to the airport to see off key cabinet ministers and important members of the royal family.
Xi jinping and Mohammed said goodbye cordially.Xi thanked the Algerian side for its warm and thoughtful reception.Xi stressed that his current visit to the uae has been a complete success, further consolidating and upgrading the friendly relations between the two countries and deepening the friendship between the two peoples.We believe that the uae will make new and greater achievements in national development.China is ready to work with Afghanistan to deepen practical cooperation and advance the comprehensive strategic partnership.Mohammed congratulated President xi jinping on the fruitful visit and said the visit will further promote mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries.I wish President xi jinping all the best and China continues to prosper and progress.
Xi jinping and peng liyuan shook hands with the Arab send-offs.Mohammed said goodbye to his Chinese companions in a friendly way.
Senegal is the second leg of xi’s trip.Xi will also pay state visits to Rwanda and South Africa, attend the 10th brics summit in Johannesburg, and pay a goodwill visit to Mauritius.
People’s Daily (page 01, July 22, 2018)
