Ehizuelen Michael Mitchell Omoruyi
The Executive Director of the Center for Nigerian Studies at the Institute of African Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, China
Ahead of 2018 BRICS Summit, Xi Jinping is to visit five nations in the Middle East and Africa, following the signing of documents related to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. This will mark the opening of another “new chapter of relations between China and Africa” and cement China’s role as one of the continent’s closest economic and diplomatic allies. Expect little in the way of concrete policy in this trip, with most tangible agreements coming at September’s China-Africa Cooperation Forum. The visit follows last week’s China-Arab Cooperation Forum, where Middle Eastern nations agreed to deepen their relationship. Now, China will turn to Africa in hopes of achieving much of similar thing. The visits will promote the further deepening of political mutual trust, mutual development assistance, mutual…
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