Vice President Han Zheng meets with Ghanaian President Mahama in New York

Xinhua News Agency, New York, September 25 (Reporters Wu Xiaoling and Xu Jing) On September 25, 2026 local time, Vice President Han Zheng met with President Mahama of Ghana while attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Han Zheng conveyed President Xi Jinping's cordial greetings and best wishes to Mahama. Han Zheng said that the friendship between China and Canada was personally forged by the older generation leaders of the two countries and has become stronger over time. Last October, President Xi Jinping met with Mr. President in Beijing and reached an important consensus, charting the course for the development of China-Canada relations. China is willing to work with Canada to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, continue traditional friendship, consolidate political mutual trust, expand practical cooperation, and promote the deepening and solidification of China-Canada strategic partnership.

Han Zheng pointed out that China and Canada have forged a profound friendship in the cause of striving for national independence and national liberation, and have many common languages ​​​​in promoting unity, self-strength, development and revitalization of the global South. Under the new situation, both sides should further strengthen mutual support and enhance unity and cooperation. China is willing to work with Canada to promote cooperation in mining, green energy, vocational training, youth development and other fields, and hopes that Canada will continue to provide a good business environment for Chinese companies to invest and operate in Canada, make full use of zero-tariff measures, and better achieve mutual benefit, win-win results, and common development.

Mahama asked Han Zheng to convey his sincere greetings to President Xi Jinping, saying that Canada-China bilateral relations have a profound historical foundation, and Canada sincerely thanks China for its long-term valuable support and assistance to Ghana. Canada has always adhered to the one-China policy and looks forward to strengthening cooperation with China in trade, investment, mining, manufacturing and other fields, intensifying people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and continuously enriching the connotation of bilateral relations. Canada supports the series of global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping and is willing to deepen multilateral collaboration and cooperation with China under the framework of the African Union to jointly promote the establishment of a more fair and just international order.