Buhari for FOCAC summit in China September

Also to attend United Nations General Assembly next month 

 

Barring last minute change, President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to join world leaders in Beijing, China for the 2018 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) first week of September.

The Chinese President Xi Jinping is to chair the Forum scheduled for September 3rd to 4th in Beijing.

The summit will be themed “China and Africa: toward an even stronger community with a shared future through win-win cooperation.”

Apart from African leaders, representatives of related regional organizations in Africa and international organizations will also participate in relevant activities of the summit.

Objectives of FOCAC include equal consultation, enhancing understanding, expanding consensus, strengthening friendship and promoting cooperation between African countries and China.

The FOCAC follow-up mechanisms are built at three levels: The Ministerial Conference is held every three years; the Senior Officials Follow-up Meeting and the Senior Officials Preparatory Meeting for the Ministerial Conference are held respectively in the year and a few days before the Ministerial Conference is held.

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The consultations between the African Diplomatic Corps in China and the Secretariat of the Chinese Follow-up Committee are held at least twice a year, while the Ministerial Conference and the Senior Officials Meeting are held alternately in China and an African country, with China and the African host being co-chairs presiding over the meetings and taking lead in implementing the outcomes of the meetings.

The Ministerial Conference is attended by foreign ministers and ministers in charge of international economic cooperation, and the Senior Officials Meeting by director-general level officials of the competent departments of China and African countries.

President Buhari is also billed to attend the United Nations General Assembly in the United States also in September.

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