Xi’s Flurry of Meetings in the Run-Up to the FOCAC Summit

Images from Chinese President Xi Jinping's meetings with a succession of African leaders on Monday. Images: Xinhua.

Chinese President Xi Jinping held successive meetings with African leaders as Beijing gears up for the triennial Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit officially starting on Wednesday.

On Monday, Xi met with eight African counterparts from the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Djibouti, Seychelles, Eritrea, Comoros, Mali, and Togo. His Tuesday schedule included meetings with Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu, Kenya’s President William Ruto, and the African Union Commission chair Moussa Faki Mahamat. 

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