{"id":132027,"date":"2024-12-03T18:41:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T18:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kindiki-bids-farewell-to-chinese-ambassador-zhou-pingjian"},"modified":"2024-12-03T19:22:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T19:22:50","slug":"kindiki-bids-farewell-to-chinese-ambassador-zhou-pingjian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kindiki-bids-farewell-to-chinese-ambassador-zhou-pingjian","title":{"rendered":"Kindiki bids farewell to Chinese ambassador Zhou Pingjian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has bid farewell to China Ambassador Zhou Pingjian following the end of the latter\u2019s four-year tenure in Kenya. During the meeting held at the DP\u2019s official residence in Karen,<\/p>\n<p>Kindiki said Kenya remains on top of China\u2019s diplomatic engagement with Africa. \u201cAs Ambassador Pingjian leaves Nairobi following the end of his tour of duty, Kenya looks for more ways of cooperating with China for the<\/p>\n<p>prosperity of the people of both countries,\u201d he said. The DP noted that during the last 61 years of close ties, the people-to-people and government-to-government friendship have grown in \u201cleaps and bounds\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that much progress has been made under the Belt and Road Initiatives and significantly impactful infrastructural projects have been realised.<\/p>\n<p>This, he attributed to bilateral programmes and under the auspices of The Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Some of the infrastructural projects include the Standard<\/p>\n<p>Gauge Railway (SGR), which connects the port city of Mombasa to Nairobi and is being expanded to Naivasha and beyond. The railway is aimed at reducing transportation costs and<\/p>\n<p>improving connectivity for both freight and passengers, boosting trade and regional integration. Others include the Nairobi expressway, Thika superhighway,<\/p>\n<p>Mombasa port expansion, power grid expansion and Lamu Port-South Sudan- Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor. In September during the celebrations of the 75th anniversary<\/p>\n<p>of the founding of the People&#8217;s Republic of China, Ambassador Zhou reaffirmed China\u2019s commitment to deepening its relationship with Kenya, under the leadership of Presidents Xi Jinping and William Ruto.<\/p>\n<p>He outlined China\u2019s aim to be \u201cthree types of partners\u201d with Kenya, being sincere partners of mutual trust, cooperative partners of mutual benefit and strategic partners in upholding fairness and justice.<\/p>\n<p>Then, the Ambassador acknowledged their role in enhancing China-Kenya relations and fostering development. Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi who was in<\/p>\n<p>attendance reiterated Kenya\u2019s appreciation for its strategic partnership with China. \u201cKenya greatly values the strategic partnership with China, which is people-centred, mutually beneficial, and permanent,\u201d Mudavadi said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Kenya<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has bid farewell to China Ambassador Zhou Pingjian following the end of the latter\u2019s four-year tenure in Kenya. During the meeting held at the DP\u2019s official residence in Karen, Kindiki said Kenya remains on top of China\u2019s diplomatic engagement with Africa. \u201cAs Ambassador Pingjian leaves Nairobi following the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":132026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[544],"class_list":["post-132027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kindiki bids farewell to Chinese ambassador Zhou Pingjian - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has bid farewell to China Ambassador Zhou Pingjian following the end of the latter\u2019s fo ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kindiki-bids-farewell-to-chinese-ambassador-zhou-pingjian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kindiki bids farewell to Chinese ambassador Zhou Pingjian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has bid farewell to China Ambassador Zhou Pingjian following the end of the latter\u2019s fo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kindiki-bids-farewell-to-chinese-ambassador-zhou-pingjian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-03T18:41:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-03T19:22:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2024\/12\/sm_1733240415.531592.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1152\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kindiki-bids-farewell-to-chinese-ambassador-zhou-pingjian#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kindiki-bids-farewell-to-chinese-ambassador-zhou-pingjian\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kindiki bids farewell to Chinese ambassador Zhou Pingjian\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-03T18:41:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-03T19:22:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kindiki-bids-farewell-to-chinese-ambassador-zhou-pingjian\"},\"wordCount\":354,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kindiki-bids-farewell-to-chinese-ambassador-zhou-pingjian#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2024\/12\/sm_1733240415.531592.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kenya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kindiki-bids-farewell-to-chinese-ambassador-zhou-pingjian#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kindiki-bids-farewell-to-chinese-ambassador-zhou-pingjian\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kindiki-bids-farewell-to-chinese-ambassador-zhou-pingjian\",\"name\":\"Kindiki bids farewell to Chinese ambassador Zhou Pingjian - 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