Chinese Legislators Meet With Counterparts in Burkina Faso and Egypt

Members of the Foreign Affairs Commission of China's National People's Congress held a video conference with their counterparts in the National Assembly of Burkina Faso. Image via @@WuPeng_MFAChina.

There’s been a noticeable uptick in the number of engagements between Chinese and African legislative leaders. In Burkina Faso, members of the Foreign Affairs Commission from China’s National People’s Congress held a video conference with representatives from the National Assembly.

And earlier this week, on Tuesday, China’s top legislator Li Zhanshu met virtually with Egyptian House of Representatives Speaker Hanafy Ali al-Gebaly. The topic of their discussion wasn’t very notable, what’s more important here is the relationship building that’s taking place between.

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