Beijing Summit will strengthen Nigeria-China relations – envoy

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Mr Lin Jing

The Chinese Deputy Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Lin Jing, has said the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit, scheduled for September in Beijing would strengthen Nigeria-China bilateral relations.

Jing, who made the statement on Friday in Abuja at a roundtable on the summit said that the event would consolidate the agenda of the Belt and Road initiative.

Belt and Road is a massive trade and infrastructure project that aims at linking China with dozens of economies across Asia, Europe, Africa and the Oceania.

According to Jing, the FOCAC summit would bring Chinese and African leaders together to discuss China-Africa cooperation in the new era.

He said that the leaders would focus on jointly advancing the Belt and Road initiative and turning China and Africa into a community with a shared future.

“By aligning the Belt and Road initiative with UN-s 2013…



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