China's new president concludes first foreign visit with fruitful results (2)

Xi's visit to Russia injected fresh impetus into the sustained, healthy and stable growth of China-Russia comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.

Xi held talks with Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete on March 24 in Dar es Salaam, and both sides agreed to carry on their traditional friendship, construct a comprehensive cooperative partnership based on mutual benefit and win-win results, and lift bilateral relations to a higher level.

Xi witnessed the signing of a number of bilateral agreements on economic, trade and cultural cooperation.

Xi delivered an important speech in Dar es Salaam on March 25, dwelling on China-Africa relations and China's Africa policy. In his speech at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Center in Tanzania's economic capital, Xi said China and Africa will always be trustworthy friends and sincere partners.

"Let me assure you that China will intensify, not weaken, its efforts to expand relations with Africa," he said.

During the talks between Xi and his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma on March 26, the two presidents pledged to make the bilateral relationship a strategic focus and priority in their respective foreign policies.

They also agreed to push the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership to a higher level, through broader and deeper cooperation in politics, economy and trade, people-to-people and cultural exchanges as well as in coordination and communication in regional and international affairs.

In the South African port city of Durban, Xi attended the fifth BRICS summit held between March 26-27 and under the theme of "BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Development, Integration and Industrialization."