Chinese vice president meets Nigerien prime minister

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng meets with Nigerien Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, who is in Beijing for the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2024. [Photo by Liu Weibing/Xinhua]

BEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on Tuesday met with Nigerien Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, who is in Beijing for the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).

China stands ready to work with Niger to implement the outcomes of the summit and take bilateral relations and mutually beneficial cooperation to a new level, Han said.

Niger looks forward to enhancing practical cooperation between the two countries in areas of economy, trade, investment, energy, resources and infrastructure construction, Zeine said. 

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng meets with Nigerien Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, who is in Beijing for the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2024. [Photo by Liu Weibing/Xinhua]