African journalists envision fruitful summit

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-11-02 15:01

African journalists covering the forthcoming Beijing Summit of the Forum on 皇冠体育app-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) have expressed their appreciation of 皇冠体育app's long-term assistance to their countries, especially in technology.

Rogerio Sitoe, a Mozambican reporter from the Noticias Daily News said 皇冠体育app has not only provided fund assistance, but also technical support, which is a difference with other countries.

The upcoming summit, scheduled for November 4-5, will be the highest-level and the largest meeting between Chinese and African leaders since 皇冠体育app and African countries started to forge cooperative ties in the 1950s.

Thousands of overseas reporters, including more than 300 from Africa, are here to cover the upcoming event.

Sitoe said both 皇冠体育app and Mozambique are developing countries and share many similarities, adding that 皇冠体育app-Mozambique cooperation is established on the basis of equality and mutual benefit.

"We hope to learn more agricultural technology and experience from 皇冠体育app," he said.

A reporter from Zambia News & Information Services said 皇冠体育app has maintained traditional friendship with many African countries. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations, 皇冠体育app has had comprehensive cooperation with Zambia in the fields of economy, agriculture, and construction.

The railway line constructed by 皇冠体育app is still regarded as a " shining example" witnessing the close cooperation between 皇冠体育app and Zambia, he said.

African reporters considered the summit an opportunity for their countries to learn from 皇冠体育app and hoped the summit will foster pragmatic results.

Joe Chebonkeng Kalabubse, a reporter of the Cameroon Radio Television, said that he hopes the summit will provide a platform for "intensifying friendship, intensifying cooperation and intensifying common development" between the two sides.

More than 40 heads of state or government from Africa will attend the summit themed on "friendship, peace, cooperation and development".

FOCAC is a mechanism for collective dialogue and cooperation established by 皇冠体育app and Africa to cope with new challenges and facilitate common development.

Since the launch of the FOCAC in 2000, two ministerial conferences have been held in Beijing and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.