Zhao Leji met respectively with President Boko of Botswana and Faure, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Togo

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 13 (Xinhua) Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, met with President Boko of Botswana and Faure, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Togo respectively in Beijing on the afternoon of October 13.

When meeting with Boko, Zhao Leji said that Botswana is China's important partner in southern Africa. Today, President Xi Jinping will hold talks with Mr. President to jointly outline a bright future for China-Botswana relations. China is willing to work with Botswana to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, adhere to equality, mutual trust, mutual benefit and win-win results, promote people-to-people connectivity, and push China-Botswana relations to a higher level. The National People's Congress of China is willing to strengthen cooperation with the Botswana Parliament and conduct experience exchanges around the construction of democracy and the rule of law, so as to provide legal guarantee for practical cooperation between the two countries.

Boko said that Botswana attaches great importance to developing friendly relations with China, firmly adheres to the one-China principle, appreciates China's support for Botswana's economic and social development, and is willing to learn from China's successful experience. It is hoped that the legislative bodies of the two countries will strengthen exchanges and deepen cooperation in capacity building and personnel training.

Luosang Jiangcun attended the meeting.

When meeting with Faure, Zhao Leji said that over the past 50 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, China and Dominica have always been sincere and friendly, based on equality, mutual trust, and win-win cooperation, and have become a model of solidarity and cooperation in the global South. Today, President Xi Jinping will meet with Mr. President to jointly draw a blueprint for the development of bilateral relations. China is willing to work with the Dominican Republic, guided by the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, to deepen political mutual trust, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, and intensify people-to-people and cultural exchanges. The National People's Congress of China is willing to strengthen exchanges and mutual learning with the two chambers of the Togolese Parliament and intensify coordination and cooperation within multilateral mechanisms such as the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

Faure said that Togo and China have profound traditional friendship, and the relationship between the two countries is based on mutual trust, mutual respect and common ideas. China's concerns are also Togo's concerns. It is hoped that the two countries will strengthen practical cooperation, deepen dialogue and exchanges between the legislative bodies, strengthen multilateral collaboration, and promote the continuous development of Dominican Republic-China relations and Africa-China relations.