President Buhari set to depart for Beijing, in China for FOCAC Summit.

President Muhammadu is set to depart for China today so as to participate in the 7th summit of Forum on China-Africa cooperation (FOCAC).

The summit is scheduled to hold September 3-4, 2018 in Beijing.

The President's first engagement in Beijing will be an interactive session withe Nigerian community in China at the Nigerian embassy.

Before the formal opening of FOCAC Summit, President Buhari in his caps as the current chair of ECOWAS, is expected to deliver remarks at the high level dialogue between Chinese and African leaders, business representatives and African entrepreneurs.

The President is scheduled to join President Jinping and other African leaders for the opening and round table of the 2018 FOCAC Beijing Sunmit under the theme "Towards an even stronger China-Africa community with a shared future"

After the FOCAC Summit, President Buhari will hold bilateral meetings with President Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang to discuss infrastructural financing for strategic projects in Nigeria and upgrading of Nigeria-China relations"From strategic partnership to comprehensive strategic partnership."

The President will also use occasion of his audience to with the Chinese leadership the progress made so far in Chinese interventions in Nigeria's key priority infrastructure projects, particularly on-going projects in railway and power sectors.

It is noteworthy they since the last FOCAC VI Summit,in Johannesburg, South Africa in December 2015- the first attended by the Nigerian leader and his successful state visit to China in April 2016.

The current administration has pushed forward practical cooperation with China in the areas of infrastructure construction, trade, investments, power, agriculture, education cooperation , among others.

Buhari finally said"We send gratitude to to the Chinese for all their support to Nigeria. Since independence, no country has helped our country on infrastructural development like the Chinese."

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