
Premier Li Qiang on Friday spoke highly of the worthwhile outcomes China and Senegal have attained in their cooperation throughout a meeting with Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko in Beijing on Friday.Li said throughout the years, China and Senegal have respected each other, cured each other as equates to and carried out equally helpful cooperation in a sincere and friendly manner.China wants to boost solidarity and cooperation with Senegal, continue two-way assistance, broaden useful cooperation and securely walk hand in hand on the road to modernization, he said.Li noted that China stands all set to reinforce the alignment of advancement methods with Senegal, promote the quality and effectiveness of cooperation in various fields and continuously improve the internal inspiration for development.He gotten in touch with both sides to make excellent usage of trade and financial investment facilitation measures, expand the scale of bilateral trade and check out cooperation potential in areas such as agricultural product processing, industrial parks, new energy, the digital economy and details security.China motivates Chinese business to invest and start services in Senegal and welcomes Senegalese enterprises making good use of platforms such as the China International Import Expo to boost the promotion of their products in the Chinese market, Li said.Noting that 2026 is the China-Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges, Li said China wants to deal with Senegal to effectively hold a series of activities, deepen exchanges in culture, media and think tanks, and better promote good understanding and friendship between the two peoples.Sonko stated Senegal appreciates the tremendous accomplishments made in Chinas economic and social development and best regards values China for the vigorous assistance it has actually provided to Senegal over an extended period of time.Senegal is willing to preserve close high-level exchanges with China, promote cooperation on economy and trade, energy and mineral resources, financing, and agriculture under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, and deepen people-to-people exchanges, Sonko said.Sonko stated Senegal eagerly anticipates working with China to reinforce multilateral interaction and cooperation, safeguard multilateralism and global fairness and justice, and secure the common interests of the Global South.(With input from Xinhua)