Chinese state councilor, Kenyan president attend Mombasa-Nairobi SGR launching ceremony

Xinhua| 2017-06-01 09:20:51|Editor: Hou Qiang

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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (R) shakes hands with Chinese State Councilor Wang Yong in Mombasa, Kenya, May 31, 2017. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday launched the passenger train service of the 480-km Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), paving way for the nation's endeavor for industrialization and prosperity. Chinese State Councilor Wang Yong, who attended the launching ceremony as the special envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping, said the Mombasa-Nairobi railway has been an early fruit that came out of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in late 2015. (Xinhua/Pan Siwei)

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