Benin’s President Patrice Talon is expected in China next Tuesday August 29 for talks with the Chinese top leader Xi Jinping, local medias report. The visit comes seven months after both countries signed in January 2023 a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on partial debt cancellation. The MoU was signed during the visit China’s top diplomat, Qin Gang, paid to the West African country. “I am thinking for example of infrastructure, agriculture, human resources training, manufacturing and peace and security,” he had said. The two countries celebrated in December last year 50 years of cooperation.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 24, 2023 19:45 UTC