Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian pointedly rejected accusations that Beijing is not doing enough to help alleviate the worsening debt crisis in Africa. Speaking to reporters at the ministry’s regular press briefing in Beijing on Monday, Zhao refuted the suggestion that China is not living up to its commitment to implement the G20’s Debt Service Suspension Initiative.
“We are actively responding to African concerns in accordance with the consensus reached by Chinese and African leaders and the G20 DSSI,” said the spokesman.
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