{"id":45288,"date":"2024-09-06T19:20:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T19:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/debt-relief-an-urgent-imperative-for-africa-says-african-union-chair-at-china-africa-summit"},"modified":"2024-09-06T20:05:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T20:05:11","slug":"debt-relief-an-urgent-imperative-for-africa-says-african-union-chair-at-china-africa-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/debt-relief-an-urgent-imperative-for-africa-says-african-union-chair-at-china-africa-summit","title":{"rendered":"Debt relief an &#8220;urgent imperative&#8221; for Africa, says African Union chair at China-Africa summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span><b>The chair of the African Union Commission said on Thursday debt relief was an \u201curgent imperative\u201d for many African states and called for more diversity in the destination of investment.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor many African states, debt relief is an urgent imperative to give debtor countries\u2019 economies a vital economic breathing space,\u201d Moussa Faki Mahamat said in his speech at the opening ceremony of the China-Africa Summit in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of African leaders have descended on Beijing for a summit that signals China&#8217;s influence in a continent that it hopes will be a key ally in pushing back against a U.S.-led global order.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed to the assembled leaders Thursday that relations with all African countries that have diplomatic ties with China be elevated to the \u201cstrategic\u201d level.<\/p>\n<p>He proposed ten action plans to further deepen cooperation in industry, agriculture, infrastructure and other areas and further open its market \u2014 in part by eliminating tariffs on products from most of the world&#8217;s poorest countries, including 33 in Africa and provide RMB360 billion yuan (50.7 bn US dollars) of various financial support.<\/p>\n<p>China has become a major player in Africa since the forum was founded in 2000. Its companies have invested heavily in mining for the resources Chinese industry needs and its development banks have made loans to build railways, roads and other infrastructure under Xi&#8217;s Belt and Road program.<\/p>\n<p>China has become sub-Saharan Africa\u2019s largest bilateral trading partner but exports much more to the continent than it imports. In part to reduce its trade deficit, African leaders are seeking China&#8217;s help to expand their agricultural exports and industrialize their economies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this respect, I am delighted to note that our efforts are meeting China&#8217;s desire to make a decisive contribution to the modernization of the global South, and therefore of Africa, for the emergence of a new, innovative development model,\u201d said Mahamat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Mauritius Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. The chair of the African Union Commission said on Thursday debt relief was an \u201curgent imperative\u201d for many African states and called for more diversity in the destination of investment. \u201cFor many African states, debt relief is an urgent imperative to give debtor countries\u2019 economies a vital economic breathing space,\u201d Moussa Faki [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":45287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[242,171,4143,241],"class_list":["post-45288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa","tag-china","tag-china-africa-relations","tag-mauritius"],"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>Debt relief an &quot;urgent imperative&quot; 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