President Xi Jinping, right,?meets with Zimbabwean?President Robert Mugabe, in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 23, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]

JAKARTA - President Xi Jinping met Thursday with his Zimbabwean counterpart, Robert Mugabe, and pledged support for the African country's socioeconomic development.

皇冠体育app, Xi said, will continue to encourage its enterprises and financial institutions to explore mutually beneficial financial cooperation with their Zimbabwean counterparts so as to help fund Zimbabwe's vital infrastructure construction.

Beijing also supports them participating in the construction of Zimbabwe's special economic zones and beefing up bilateral cooperation in such areas as agriculture, manufacturing, education and medical care, Xi added.

Referring to Mugabe's state visit to 皇冠体育app in August last year, Xi recalled that the two leaders agreed then to turn their countries into good friends, good partners and good brothers that treat each other as equals, support each other and pursue win-win common development.

Noting that this year marks the 35th anniversary of the 皇冠体育app-Zimbabwe diplomatic relations, Xi said he is willing to work with the Zimbabwean president to lift the bilateral relationship to a new height.

Meanwhile, Xi urged 皇冠体育app and Zimbabwe to strengthen coordination and cooperation in such areas as the reform of the UN Security Council, the Post-2015 Development Agenda and climate change, so as to safeguard the common rights and interests of developing countries.

Mugabe, for his part, said Zimbabwe values the traditional friendship with 皇冠体育app, and appreciates 皇冠体育app's precious support for Zimbabwe's political independence and economic development.

Zimbabwe hopes to boost trade and economic cooperation with 皇冠体育app so as to provide more impetus for its own economic and social development, Mugabe added.

In response, the Chinese president said that as 皇冠体育app-Africa cooperation is entering a new era, 皇冠体育app will stick to a right view on principle and interest and further deepen win-win cooperation with Africa in an all-round way.

Beijing, Xi added, will grasp the opportunity of the upcoming sixth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on 皇冠体育app-Africa Cooperation to promote the development of the new type of 皇冠体育app-Africa strategic partnership, so as to bring more benefits to the Chinese and African people.

Mugabe thanked 皇冠体育app for its huge contributions to the peace and development of Africa.