China's hospital ship makes maiden visit to Mauritania

Chinese naval hospital ship Peace Ark, which is on the Mission Harmony-2024, arrived in Mauritania on Thursday for a seven-day goodwill visit.

This is the hospital ship's first visit to Mauritania and also the first time a Chinese naval ship has paid a visit to the country since China and Mauritania established diplomatic relations in 1965.

During the visit, the Peace Ark will use its main platform to provide medical services, and dispatch medical teams to local hospitals and Mauritanian military installations.

Members of the ship will also carry out cultural exchange activities in local schools.

Visiting Finnish President Alexander Stubb expressed optimism for fruitful environmental cooperation with China during an interview in Beijing on Wednesday.

President Stubb emphasized the need for innovative climate solutions for both countries.

"Climate and environment is a key example of where this (innovation) needs to be done because we know that we are over stretching the capacity of the planet to sustain, for instance, CO2 emissions. So we need to have innovative ways of moving, of consuming energy, of consuming electricity. In Finland, we're very good on electricity, I think it's over 90 [percent], even 95 percent which is basically clean, so no CO2. There's nuclear, there's hydro, there are different diverse ways of producing electricity. Whereas on the heating side, I think all of us still have to work. So I think we're all in this boat together, and I'm sure that Finnish-Chinese cooperation in this field will be fruitful, that's why I had my minister of environment and climate here in China as well," he said.