Published February 21,2025
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The world should take heed to “what Africa has to say” and take Africa’s issues “seriously,” China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi instructed the Group of 20 (G20) nations, in response to an official assertion launched in Beijing Friday.
“We must listen to what Africa has to say, take Africa’s concerns seriously, support Africa’s actions, and work for peace and development in Africa, to leave a distinct African mark on the Johannesburg Summit,” Wang stated Thursday, addressing the G20 international ministers within the South African metropolis.
South Africa at the moment holds the G20 presidency from final December till November this 12 months.
The two-day assembly of international ministers was the primary such G20 summit hosted by any African metropolis as South Africa is the one African nation member of the bloc, which additionally contains the European Union nations.
Last 12 months, the African Union was added to the G20 because the twenty first member.
“This year represents an ‘African moment’,” Wang stated, underscoring Beijing’s “firm” assist to the African folks “independently resolving African problems.”
Beijing “opposes” exterior interventions within the home affairs of the African nations, Wang added.
Source: www.anews.com.tr