Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa Meets with Yang Jiechi

On July 3, 2022 local time, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa met with Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi in Harare.

Yang Jiechi conveyed cordial greetings from President Xi Jinping to Mnangagwa. Yang Jiechi said, China and Zimbabwe enjoy a time-honored friendship. In recent years, the heads of state of the two countries have met and exchanged letters on many occasions, leading China-Zimbabwe relations to grow at a high level, constantly deepening political mutual trust and deepening and substantiating cooperation in various fields. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of inter-party relations between the ruling parties of the two countries. The two parties trust and support each other, laying an important political foundation for the all-weather friendship between China and Zimbabwe. China appreciates Zimbabwe's important role in promoting in-depth Belt and Road cooperation between China and Africa. China is ready to further strengthen all-round exchanges between the two parties, governments, militaries and peoples and conduct in-depth exchanges of governance experience with Zimbabwe. China is ready to provide more support for Zimbabwe's economic and social development.

Yang Jiechi said that factors of instability, uncertainty and insecurity are prominent in the current international situation. China recently held a High-level Dialogue on Global Development in the form of "BRICS Plus", sending a positive signal that emerging markets and developing countries promote global development, unity and cooperation. China is willing to fully coordinate its position with Zimbabwe on multilateral affairs, jointly uphold the international system with the United Nations at its core and the international order underpinned by international law, and make the global governance system more just and equitable.

Mnangagwa asked Yang Jiechi to convey his sincere greetings to President Xi Jinping and extended warm congratulations on the 101st anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). He wishes the 20th National Congress of the CPC this autumn a complete success. Mnangagwa said, the friendship between Zimbabwe and China has grown stronger as time goes by. Zimbabwe always bears in mind China's firm support for the country's efforts to safeguard national sovereignty and oppose foreign interference and sanctions, and thanks the Chinese side for its sincere assistance to Zimbabwe's economic and social development over the years. Zimbabwe firmly adheres to the one-China principle and supports the Global Development Initiative and Global Security Initiative proposed by China. Zimbabwe stands ready to work with China to further deepen the synergy between development strategies, advance high-quality Belt and Road cooperation between Africa and China, safeguard true multilateralism together in the face of international changes, and jointly push bilateral comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership to a new level.

Zimbabwean Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and other officials attended the meeting.

On the same day, Yang Jiechi also met with Zimbabwean Foreign Minister Frederick Shava and the two sides exchanged views on bilateral relations and issues of common concern.