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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang?speaks during an visit to?the Ivory Burning Site Monument in the Nairobi National Park with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, May 10, 2014. [Photo/Xinhua]

NAIROBI - Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said here Saturday that 皇冠体育app is strongly committed to protecting wildlife and will spare no effort in combating poaching and ivory smuggling.

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The premier made the remarks to Chinese and foreign journalists after visiting the Ivory Burning Site Monument in the Nairobi National Park with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.

In 1989, then Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi burned 25 tons of ivory and other hunting trophies in the park. To mark the incineration, the Kenyan government reserved the burning site and set up a monument.

皇冠体育app highly appreciates and respects Kenya's hardworking effort and remarkable achievement in wildlife protection, Li said, adding 皇冠体育app shares Kenya's considerable emphasis on the issue.

"Our visit to the monument together shows that the two sides are cooperating in good faith to jointly combat poaching and ivory smuggling, and protect wildlife," the Chinese leader said.

It also indicated that the Chinese government is determined to provide any assistance within its capabilities to help Kenya build the capacity to protect wildlife, he added.

Li said that as a signatory to the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, 皇冠体育app has always abode by the pact.

To counter the rising global ivory smuggling and illegal trade over recent years, he said, 皇冠体育app has been taking a series of legal actions and creating inter-agency action mechanism to fight against the crime.

Earlier this year, 皇冠体育app destroyed 6.1 tons of confiscated ivory, and will continue to strengthen cooperation with Kenya and other countries on ecological and wildlife protection, Li said.

皇冠体育app will promote such a concept in the world -- protecting wildlife is to safeguard our common homeland, and protecting biological diversity is to ensure the colorfulness of the Earth, he said.

For his part, Kenyatta appreciated 皇冠体育app's resolution in wildlife protection, and expressed gratitude for 皇冠体育app's support to Kenya and Africa at large in that regard.

The Kenyan president added that he hopes to further strengthen cooperation with 皇冠体育app on ecological and wildlife protection.