Broad Space For Multi-party Cooperation Between China, Europe And Africa(1)

At the China-France-Germany Leaders’ Video Summit held a few days ago, the leaders of the three countries exchanged views on African issues. China welcomed France and Germany to join the China-Africa Cooperation in Support of the Partnership for Africa’s Development Initiative to carry out tripartite, four-party or multi-party cooperation.

At present, Africa is facing the severe impact of the new crown epidemic and is eager to achieve economic recovery. In May of this year, China and Africa jointly launched the "Support Africa Development Partnership Initiative", which aims to support Africa’s post-epidemic reconstruction and development and revitalization, and calls on the international community to fight the epidemic, post-epidemic reconstruction, trade and investment, debt relief, food security, and poverty reduction. , Digital economy, climate change, industrialization, social development and other fields to increase support for Africa.

Analysts pointed out that in the African continent where developing countries are the most concentrated and the most difficult task of fighting the epidemic and realizing economic recovery, China and Europe can play their complementary advantages and effectively connect with the development needs of African countries to jointly promote the economic development of Africa and help Africa get out of the haze of the epidemic as soon as possible. . There is broad space for multi-party cooperation between China, Europe and Africa.