Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong met with visiting Permanent Secretary Bashikako of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Burundi.
On December 25, 2024, Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong met with visiting Permanent Secretary Bashikako of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Burundi.
Chen Xiaodong said that China and Burundi are good friends who share a common destiny through thick and thin. The two sides always trust and support each other, coordinate closely in the multilateral arena, and achieve fruitful results in mutually beneficial cooperation. China is willing to take the implementation of the consensus and summit outcomes of the two heads of state as an opportunity to continuously deepen cooperation and exchanges in various fields, and promote new developments in China Burundi and China Africa relations.
Bashikako thanked the Chinese side for providing valuable support for Burundi's economic and social development for a long time, and reiterated that the Burundian side will, as always, adhere to the one China principle and firmly support each other with China on issues involving each other's core interests. The Brunei side looks forward to learning from the experience of Chinese path to modernization development, deepening mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, strengthening coordination and cooperation in regional and international affairs, and working together to promote better development of bilateral and African China relations.