Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi is expected in Kenya next week.
This will further cement relations between the two countries.
China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian and the Chinese Embassy in Nairobi said Wang will also visit Eritrea and Comoros during his 4-day tour of Africa from 4th to 7th January.
“Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay an official visit to Eritrea, Kenya and Comoros from January 4th to 7th,” the Embassy tweeted Thursday.
Zhao said the visit is a “continuation of the tradition of Chinese foreign ministers starting every new year with a visit to Africa.
Officials said Wang and his delegation are scheduled for bilateral meetings with his Kenyan counterpart Raychelle Omamo as well as a meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Wang’s visit comes at a time Kenyatta has described relations with China as mutually beneficial.
“Our partnership with China is one that is mutually beneficial, it is based on a win-win situation and we are very grateful to the Chinese Government and people for the support that they continue to render not only our country but to the rest of Africa,” President Kenyatta said last week during an inspection tour of the 27.1-kilometer Nairobi Expressway.
The Chinese government has contributed in Kenya’s modern infrastructural development, with other notable projects such as the Standard Gauge Railway linking Mombasa-Nairobi-Naivasha, the Thika Superhighway among other road networks.
When completed in March 2022, the 8-lane elevated dual carriageway is expected to significantly decongest Mombasa Road and reduce travel time between Mlolongo and Westlands to 20 minutes.
Last week, Kenyatta flipped the switch to light up Global Trade Centre (GTC), the 42 – floor -184-meter skyscraper that has been under construction since October 2014.
“As the Government of Kenya, we applaud the AVIC team for this milestone, and as a flagship project in Kenya’s Vision 2030, I am proud to see it come to fruition,” said Kenyatta.
