Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno met with the visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in N'Djamena on Wednesday to discuss advancing bilateral cooperation.
Mahamat said that China's cooperation with Africa has always been based on mutual respect, equality, and mutual benefit, and has yielded fruitful results. He also expressed gratitude to China for its enduring support for Africa's development, particularly Chad's progress.
He also said China was an important strategic partner and a reliable friend to Chad, with bilateral relations between the two sides serving as a model of mutual respect and win-win cooperation.
Chad firmly supports China's efforts to safeguard its territorial integrity and achieve national unity while opposing interference in its internal affairs, he stressed.
Wang said China appreciates Chad's efforts in staying independent and self-reliant, and pursuing development and revitalization that suits its own national conditions, adding that China is ready to work with Chad to actively implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state and the outcomes of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Beijing Summit which was held last September.
China seeks to deepen exchanges on governance experience, solidify political trust through shared values, and comprehensively expand mutually beneficial cooperation to support Chad's development and revitalization and jointly build an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era, said Wang.
Wang also met with Chadian Prime Minister Allamaye Halina on the same day.
Wang is currently embarking on a visit to four African nations - Namibia, the Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, and Chad - marking the 35th consecutive year that a Chinese foreign minister has chosen Africa as the destination for their first overseas trip of the year.
Chadian president meets Chinese FM to advance bilateral cooperation
