The China-Africa relationship is mutually beneficial, with both sides supporting and reinforcing each other in very specific and special ways, said Botswana's President Duma Gideon Boko.
Boko made the comments during his six-day state visit to China, which began on Monday at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
In an interview with China Media Group (CMG), Boko said China's technology and investment are helping African countries build industries around their natural resources, and that the partnership will deliver benefits to both Africa and China.
"The relationship is a mutually beneficial one. Each supports the other. Each reinforces, in very specific and special ways, the other. China has the technological capability. It has the financial resources to deploy in Africa. Africa has the natural resources, which it must first identify underground through precision exploration. Secondly, extract from the ground, quantify, monetize and also to now build industries out of these. And the partnership, the technology that China is able to bring into Africa, internalize that technology in Africa, will prove immensely beneficial to these African countries and to China," he said.
China-Africa ties benefit both sides: Botswana's president
China-Africa ties benefit both sides: Botswana's president
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday reiterated that his country does not seek to develop nuclear weapons, dismissing anti-Tehran propaganda claiming otherwise as a "lie."
Pezeshkian made the remarks during a meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on the sidelines of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, according to a statement on his office's website.
Pezeshkian said Iran does not seek to develop nuclear weapons and considers the destructive propaganda against the country a lie, citing the clear positions of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on prohibiting the development of nuclear weapons.
Pezeshkian noted that Iran has always been ready for dialogue, saying the United States believes it can force Iran to surrender, but Iran will not acquiesce to coercion.
He said the U.S. sanctions against Iran fail to comply with humanitarian frameworks, describing recent U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran as "unjustifiable and inhumane."
Kobakhidze, for his part, underlined that his country rejects any form of foreign interference in states' internal affairs.
In a separate meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Pezeshkian said that the United States must recognize that Iran will not surrender and will continue its relations with the world with power, relying on its people and coordinating with its neighbors, according to his office's website.
He added that the United States and its sanctions have created problems for Iran and the entire world, warning that should Washington seek to continue the same path, the situation would worsen for the entire world.
Pezeshkian called on Washington to engage in dialogue based on logic rather than using force.
On Feb 28, Israel and the United States launched joint attacks on Tehran and other Iranian cities. Iran responded with waves of missile and drone attacks targeting Israel and U.S. bases and assets in the region, and tightened its grip on the Strait of Hormuz.
A ceasefire was achieved between the warring parties on April 8. On June 18, Iran and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on ending the war in the region on all fronts.
Under the MoU, the two countries were scheduled to hold negotiations within 60 days, ending on Aug. 17, to reach a final agreement on Iran's nuclear program and the removal of sanctions. However, they failed to make sufficient progress toward a deal as tensions continued to escalate.
Iran's president says Tehran not after nukes, slams propaganda claiming otherwise
