Noting that the eight major initiatives proposed by President Xi highly match the Belt and Road Initiative, the AU chairperson said the eight initiatives will help the AU realize its 2063 Agenda and will surely promote peace and development in Africa.

African people are thirsty for happiness, which will be impossible without peace and development, he Faki.

China has won the hearts of African people, and African people will never forget that, said the chairperson.

The AU is ready to work with China and African members of the FOCAC to implement the consensus reached during the Beijing summit and bring benefits to African and Chinese, Faki said.

The AU is committed to integration in Africa, opposes protectionism and unilateralism and is willing to enhance coordination and cooperation with China in international and regional affairs, the chairperson said.