Ambassador Han Jing Presents Letter of Accreditation to the Secretary General of COMESA

2024-08-21 00:42

On 20 August 2024, H.E. Han Jing, Chinese Ambassador to Zambia and Special Representative of China to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), presented the Letter of Accreditation to H.E. Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe, Secretary General of COMESA.

Ambassador Han said he was honored to be the Special Representative of China to COMESA and felt a great sense of responsibility. He welcomed the Secretary General to attend the upcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit and said that China appreciates the progress made by COMESA in promoting regional integration and trade facilitation and is ready to deepen cooperation with COMESA in various fields under the framework of FOCAC.

Secretary General Kapwepwe welcomed Ambassador Han as the Special Representative to COMESA. She said that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of COMESA and trade between COMESA and China has grown substantially in recent years. She thanked China for its long-term support and expressed a readiness of COMESA to take the FOCAC Summit as an opportunity to further strengthen cooperation with China to benefit the African and Chinese people.

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