bujumbura, jan. 11 (xinhua) -- chinese state councilor and foreign minister wang yi met with burundian foreign minister ezechiel ni*gira here on saturday.
wang said burundi is an "all-weather friend" of china in africa, stressing that high l*l of political mutual trust is the salient feature of the *lateral relations which have also been demonstrated by firmly mutual support.
china is willing to continue to strengthen exchanges at all l*ls with burundi so as to elevate *lateral relations to a new stage, wang said.
wang said china thanks burundi for its support on issues involving china's core interests and major concerns, and it will support burundi in defending its sovereignty,independence and legitimate rights.
wang said the two countries should further dovetail their d*lopment ideas and deepen pragmatic cooperation.
he said china is willing to carry out mutually beneficial cooperation with burundi under the framework of jointly building the belt and road and implementing the eight major initiatives proposed at the beijing summit of the forum on china-africa cooperation (focac), with a focus on infrastructure construction and agriculture.
wang said china encourages and supports qualified and credible chinese enterprises to invest in burundi, and will continue to provide * for burundi's economic and social d*lopment within its capacity.
wang said the two countries share the same stance on major international issues, adding that they should continue to carry out their international coordination and jointly safeguard multilateralism and the legitimate interests of africa and d*loping countries.
wang said china attaches importance to burundi's concern in the great lakes region and is willing to play a constructive role for the region's peace and sta*lity.
ni*gira welcomed wang to burundi, which is one of wang's destinations on his first visit in the new year,saying the move shows that china attaches great importance to burundi-china relations.
ni*gira said burundi sincerely thanks china for its selfless * to burundi and highly appreciates china's important role in international and african affairs.
ni*gira said, no matter how its internal situation may evolve, burundi is firmly committed to a friendly policy toward china and will continue to give firm support to china on all issues involving china's core interests and major concerns.
burundi is willing to speed up the joint building of the belt and road with china and implement related *s under the framework of the beijing summit of the focac, ni*gira said.
ni*gira said burundi welcomes chinese enterprises and their investments and is willing to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with china in various sectors.
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