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China’s Ambassador to Seychelles Provides More Clues as to What Will Be On the FOCAC Agenda

by Eric Olander
File image of Chinese ambassador to Seychelles, Guo Wei, together with National Assembly Speaker Roger Mancienne.

Specific details about what will be on the agenda at the upcoming FOCAC conference have been rare. No official agenda has been published, which led observers to piece together the expected priorities based on statements and interviews with various Chinese officials.

So, it was notable when China’s ambassador to Seychelles, Guo Wei, sat for a lengthy interview with the official Seychelles News Agency and laid out her expectations of what will be discussed in Dakar:

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