Prime Minister of Senegal Ousmane Sonko met separately in Beijing on June 27 with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. Sonko was visiting China to attend the 2025 ‘Summer Davos’ in Tianjin.
Xi said that last September, he co-chaired the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, together with Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, leading China-Africa relations into a new phase of jointly building an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era.
Noting that China and Senegal are companions on the path to development and revitalisation as well as good brothers, he added that China is willing to work with Senegal to strengthen solidarity and cooperation, deepen their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, bring more benefits to the two peoples, and inject fresh impetus into China-Africa friendship and Global South cooperation. China and Senegal should firmly support each other in pursuing independent development paths and enhance exchanges among the two countries’ political parties. China stands ready to work closely with Senegal to advance the 10 China-Africa partnership actions for jointly advancing modernisation and implement more projects for people’s well-being.
Sonko conveyed President Faye’s sincere greetings to Xi. He said China is a reliable partner for Senegal, and the bilateral ties have featured mutual respect, mutual support, resilience and stability, with sound progress made in various fields of cooperation. Noting that the two countries, both as members of the Global South, share common values and aspirations, Sonko said Senegal is willing to closely coordinate with China in international and regional affairs, steadfastly act as China’s strategic partner to jointly promote international fairness and justice, and uphold the common interests of the Global South.
Li Qiang said that over the years, China and Senegal have respected each other, treated each other as equals, and carried out mutually beneficial cooperation in a sincere and friendly manner, achieving fruitful results. China encourages Chinese enterprises to invest and start businesses in Senegal and welcomes Senegalese enterprises making good use of platforms such as the China International Import Expo to enhance the promotion of their products in the Chinese market.
Sonko said Senegal admires the tremendous achievements made in China’s economic and social development and sincerely appreciates China for the vigorous assistance it has provided to Senegal over a long period of time. Senegal is willing to maintain close high-level exchanges with China, promote cooperation on economy and trade, energy and mineral resources, finance, and agriculture under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, and deepen people-to-people exchanges.
Sonko, who is also the Leader of PASTEF, the progressive ruling party in Senegal, also met with Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee (IDCPC), at the former’s request.
Sonko said that Senegal and China enjoy a profound friendship, and China has always treated Senegal with equality and respect. The PASTEF administration looks forward to strengthening exchanges and cooperation with China in various fields such as politics, economy and society. PASTEF has gained a lot of inspiration from the endeavour of the CPC, and looks forward to cooperating with China in institutionalised inter-party exchanges, cadre training and youth exchanges, learning from the successful experience of the CPC in party building and state governance, and improving its own governing capacity.
Liu noted that the CPC and the PASTEF party share similar ideas and missions. China is willing to work with Senegal to intensify exchanges between the ruling parties, strengthen political dialogue and strategic integration, deepen mutual learning of experience in state governance and administration, expand exchanges in cadre training, exchanges at local level, and exchanges between youth and women’s organisations, as well as advance practical cooperation in various fields.
The following articles were originally published by the Xinhua News Agency and on the IDCPC website.
Xi meets Senegalese PM
BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Prime Minister of Senegal Ousmane Sonko in Beijing on Friday.
Xi said that last September, he co-chaired the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing with Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, leading China-Africa relations into a new phase of jointly building an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era.
Noting that China and Senegal are companions on the path to development and revitalization as well as good brothers, Xi said China is willing to work with Senegal to strengthen solidarity and cooperation, deepen their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, bring more benefits to the two peoples, and inject fresh impetus into China-Africa friendship and Global South cooperation.
Xi stressed that China and Senegal should firmly support each other in pursuing independent development paths, enhance exchanges among the two countries’ political parties and mutual learning on state governance, and continuously consolidate the foundation of mutual political trust.
China stands ready to work closely with Senegal to advance the 10 China-Africa partnership actions for jointly advancing modernization, and implement more projects for people’s well-being, Xi said, adding that Chinese enterprises are encouraged to invest in Senegal’s new energy and digital infrastructure construction for win-win cooperation.
He noted that the 2026 China-Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges will be an opportunity for the two countries to enhance exchanges and cooperation in areas including culture, education, tourism, sports and youth, so as to strengthen the bond among the two peoples while fostering mutual learning between civilizations.
China and Senegal should firmly defend the international system with the United Nations at its core, practice true multilateralism, advocate consultation, cooperation and shared benefits in global governance, and jointly promote world peace, prosperity and progress, Xi said.
Sonko, who is in China for the 2025 Summer Davos Forum, conveyed President Faye’s sincere greetings to Xi.
He said China is a reliable partner for Senegal, and the bilateral ties have featured mutual respect, mutual support, resilience and stability, with sound progress made in various fields of cooperation.
Senegal firmly adheres to the one-China principle and looks forward to deepening the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with China, promoting the Belt and Road cooperation, and enhancing cooperation in trade, investment, energy and other areas to support Senegal’s economic development, Sonko added.
Noting that the two countries, both as members of the Global South, share common values and aspirations, Sonko said Senegal is willing to closely coordinate with China in international and regional affairs, steadfastly act as China’s strategic partner to jointly promote international fairness and justice, and uphold the common interests of the Global South.
Chinese premier meets Senegal’s counterpart
BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Prime Minister of Senegal Ousmane Sonko in Beijing on Friday.
Li said over the years, China and Senegal have respected each other, treated each other as equals, and carried out mutually beneficial cooperation in a sincere and friendly manner, achieving fruitful results.
China is willing to enhance solidarity and cooperation with Senegal, continue two-way support, expand practical cooperation, and firmly walk hand in hand on the road to modernization, he said.
Li noted that China stands ready to strengthen the docking of development strategies with Senegal, promote the quality and efficiency of cooperation in various fields, and continuously enhance the internal impetus for development.
He called on both sides to make good use of trade and investment facilitation measures, expand the scale of bilateral trade, and explore cooperation potential in areas such as agricultural product processing, industrial parks, new energy, digital economy and information security.
China encourages Chinese enterprises to invest and start businesses in Senegal, welcomes Senegalese enterprises making good use of platforms such as the China International Import Expo to enhance the promotion of their products in the Chinese market, Li said.
Noting that 2026 is the China-Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges, Li said China is willing to work with Senegal to successfully hold a series of activities, deepen exchanges in culture, media, and think tanks and better promote mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples.
Sonko said Senegal admires the tremendous achievements made in China’s economic and social development and sincerely appreciates China for the vigorous assistance it has provided to Senegal over a long period of time.
Senegal is willing to maintain close high-level exchanges with China, promote cooperation on economy and trade, energy and mineral resources, finance, and agriculture under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, and deepen people-to-people exchanges, Sonko said.
Sonko said Senegal looks forward to working with China to strengthen multilateral communication and cooperation, safeguard multilateralism and international fairness and justice, and protect the common interests of the Global South.
Liu Jianchao Meets with Ousmane Sonko, Leader of the PASTEF Party and Prime Minister of Senegal upon Request
Beijing, June 26th (IDCPC) — Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee (IDCPC), met here today upon request with Ousmane Sonko, Leader of the PASTEF Party and Prime Minister of Senegal.
Sonko said that Senegal and China enjoy a profound friendship, and China has always treated Senegal with equality and respect. The PASTEF administration looks forward to strengthening exchanges and cooperation with China in various fields such as politics, economy and society. The PASTEF has gained a lot of inspiration from the endeavor of the CPC, and looks forward to cooperating with China in institutionalized inter-party exchanges, cadre training and youth exchanges, learning from the successful experience of the CPC in party building and state governance, and improving its own governing capacity. Senegal is willing to work with China to strengthen bilateral and multilateral communication and coordination, jointly safeguard the global economic and trade order and international fairness and justice, and boost the common development of the Global South countries.
Liu noted that the CPC and the PASTEF Party share similar ideas and missions. China is willing to work with Senegal to intensify exchanges between the ruling parties, strengthen political dialogue and strategic integration, deepen mutual learning of experience in state governance and administration, expand exchanges in cadre training, exchanges at local level, and exchanges between youth and women’s organizations, as well as advance practical cooperation in various fields. China and Africa are fellow travelers on the journey of modernization. The CPC is willing to work with African political parties to jointly implement the outcomes of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, promote unity and cooperation among the Global South countries, and work for a more just and equitable international order.
Li Mingxiang, Vice-minister of the IDCPC, was present.
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