Li Qiang meets with President Boko of Botswana

China News Service, Beijing, October 15th. On the afternoon of October 15th, Chinese Premier Li Qiang met at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing with President Boko of Botswana, who was in China for a state visit.

Li Qiang said that China and Botswana enjoy profound traditional friendship. In recent years, with the joint efforts of both sides, China-Botswana relations have maintained a good momentum of development. The day before yesterday, President Xi Jinping held a meeting with Mr. President and drew a new blueprint for deepening relations between the two countries. China is willing to work with Botswana to follow the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, further consolidate political mutual trust, firmly support each other on issues involving each other's core interests, continuously expand mutually beneficial cooperation, jointly promote development and revitalization, and better benefit the two peoples.

Li Qiang pointed out that China is willing to work with Botswana to jointly build the "Belt and Road" with high quality, better leverage their complementary economic advantages, make good use of mechanisms such as the Joint Economic and Trade Committee between the two countries, deepen cooperation in mining, digital technology, green energy, artificial intelligence and other fields, and promote more results. The two sides can further make good use of China's policy conveniences such as zero tariffs and "green channels" for exporting products to China, promote more high-quality Botswana products to enter the Chinese market, upgrade the bilateral investment protection agreement, and promote the expansion and efficiency of two-way trade and investment. The two sides can expand people-to-people and cultural exchanges and cooperation in education, youth, culture, tourism, medical and health, and enhance mutual understanding and mutual understanding between the two peoples. China is willing to work more closely with Botswana and other African countries to implement the outcomes of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and inject more impetus into the construction of a China-Africa community with a shared future.

Boko said that Boko greatly admires China's great development achievements. During this visit, President Xi Jinping and I elevated the relationship between the two countries to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, which is a milestone. Botswana firmly adheres to the one-China principle, appreciates China's strong support and assistance to Botswana's economic and social development, and is willing to make good use of China's zero-tariff policy, expand trade with China, and further strengthen practical cooperation in various fields such as infrastructure, technological innovation, medical and health, and humanistic education. Botswana supports the four major global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping and is willing to intensify multilateral cooperation with China to achieve common development.

Wu Zhenglong attended the meeting.