Benn added – during the daily press conference at the ministry’s headquarters – that “Chinese-African cooperation will not be disturbed by these rumors, and that the Sino-African friendship will not be affected by false news,” considering that 2020 was an exceptional year in the relations between the two sides, who work together to combat the (Covid-19) epidemic. ) And overcoming the difficulties arising from it.
On what was raised about the “debt trap” of the countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry stated that “the Belt and Road Initiative has always focused on achieving common development through interdependence and communication among world countries, and it has received wide acceptance and support by the international community since its launch.” Seven years ago, the countries participating in the initiative did not recognize the so-called alleged debt trap.