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AFRICA AND CHINA REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO ACCELERATING COOPERATION 2035 VISION

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Africa and China have reaffirmed their commitment to accelerating the implementation of the China-Africa Cooperation 2035 Vision, aimed at building a community with a shared future anchored on peace, sustainable growth, and people-centered development. The commitment was made during the 6th Abuja Forum, themed “Deepening the Implementation of the China-Africa Cooperation 2035 Vision: Forging a Closer China-Africa Community with a Shared Future (Putting Theory into Practice)”. Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, commended China and Africa for sustaining dialogue on practical cooperation amid growing global economic uncertainties. “These are difficult times for the global trading system which faces its biggest disruption since the Second World War. But forums like this remind us that cooperation, not isolation, is the way forward,” she said. Okonjo-Iweala noted that while Africa’s share in global trade remains low, current shifts in global supply chains offer a “unique window of opportunity” for the continent to attract value-added investments and strengthen industrial capacity. Retired Lt.-Gen. Aliyu Gusau, the founder of the Gusau Institute, stressed that peace and security form the foundation for all meaningful development, calling for strengthened cooperation between Africa and China to address insecurity in the Sahel and other conflict-prone regions. “The 2035 Vision is a bold and structured framework for building a more equitable and resilient future. But the real challenge lies in implementation, in turning memoranda into mechanisms and dialogue into development,” Gusau said.