China promises investment in impoverished Sierra Leone
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to encourage Chinese firms to invest in minerals-rich but economically ailing Sierra Leone as part of Beijing's long-term drive to deepen economic and political ties with Africa. China has always regarded cooperation with African countries as a cornerstone of its foreign policy, Xi told visiting Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio in Beijing on Wednesday. Bio, who is accompanied on this visit by his finance and mining ministers, is hoping to attract more Chinese firms to the West African state and secure investment pledges to ...
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