Xi Jinping's remarks on China-Africa ties (2)

President Xi Jinping attends a breakfast meeting with African leaders in Durban, South Africa on March 28, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua]

The development of China-Africa ties can only be in present continuous tense, and never in present perfect tense.

---at a breakfast meeting with African leaders during a visit to South Africa, March 28, 2013

President Xi Jinping meets with then Namibian Prime Minister Hage Geingob in Beijing April 8, 2014. [Photo/Xinhua]

It is an important cornerstone of China's foreign policy to unite with African countries, and this will not change with China's development and the elevation of China's status in the world.

--- meeting with then Namibian Prime Minister Hage Geingob in Beijing, April 8, 2014