The Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, represents His Majesty King Mohammed VI at the work of this Summit which is being held from September 4 to 6.
Mr. Akhannouch is accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita, the Minister Delegate to the Head of Government, in charge of Investment, Convergence and Evaluation of Public Policies, Mohcine Jazouli, the Ambassador Director General of the Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation (AMCI), Mohamed Methqal, the Ambassador of the Kingdom in Beijing Abdelkader El Ansari, as well as the President of the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM), Chakib Alj.
The opening session of this flagship event was marked by the presence of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, in addition to the heads of several regional and international organizations.
At the opening of the summit, Xi expressed China’s willingness to work with Africa to implement 10 partnership action plans in the next three years to jointly advance modernization.
“A third of the world’s population lives in China and Africa. There will be no global modernization without the modernization of China and Africa,” insisted the Chinese head of state, calling for raising bilateral ties between Beijing and the countries of the continent to the level of strategic relations.
“Thanks to nearly 70 years of unremitting efforts by both sides, China-Africa relations are now at their best in history,” Xi said.
The agenda of the meeting will include four high-level meetings on state governance, industrialization and agricultural modernization, peace and security, and quality cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative.
The agenda of the 2024 edition of this unmissable event for economic operators from both parties also includes the 8th Sino-African Conference of Business Leaders.
The Forum will be marked by the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Action Plan, in addition to a roadmap for the implementation of China-Africa cooperation over the next three years.
FOCAC, which celebrates its 24th anniversary this year, constitutes a partnership of choice between China and the African continent, based on the cardinal principles of solidarity, cooperation and respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States.
Established in October 2000 in Beijing, FOCAC is China’s oldest regional forum. The mechanism gained prominence in 2006, when Beijing announced the creation of a $5 billion China-Africa development fund.
2024-09-07 08:26:29