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Quotable quotes from Xi's speech at second summit of Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

Xinhua, December 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

The second summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation unveiled here Friday. The following are some quotable quotes from Chinese President Xi Jinping's keynote speech delivered at the opening ceremony of the summit.

-- "China-Africa relations have today reached a stage of growth unmatched in history ... Let's join hands ... and open a new era of China-Africa win-win cooperation and common development."

-- "China is greatly concerned about the poor harvest caused by El Nino in many African countries and will provide 1 billion yuan (156 million U.S. dollars) of emergency food aid to the affected countries."

-- "China will continue to participate in UN peacekeeping missions in Africa and support African countries' capacity building in areas such as defense, counter-terrorism, riot prevention, customs and immigration control."

-- "We should respect each other's choice of development path and not impose our own will on the other."

-- "In particular, China has the strong political commitment to supporting Africa in achieving development and prosperity ... China and Africa share mutual needs and complementarities and are facing rare historical opportunity in pursuing development through cooperation." Endi