BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhuanet) --Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has returned to Beijing after visits to Ethiopia, Nigeria, Angola and Kenya. Following his return on Monday morning, he said the last leg of his trip to Kenya yielded "fruitful" results.
Besides reaching wide consensus with Kenyan leaders, Li Keqiang, together with leaders from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan witnessed the signing of a landmark railway deal. The deal, signed between China and Kenya is to build a major railway line, linking Nairobi with Mombasa, the country’s second largest city and an important port for the Indian Ocean. The first phase of the standard gauge railway project will cover 609 kilometers, and will cost about 3.6 billion US dollars. 90 percent of the financing will come from China’s Ex-Im Bank.
Also on Sunday, Premier Li Keqiang called on China and Africa to enhance media cooperation during a visit to CCTV’s Africa bureau in Nairobi. He urged the CCTV bureau to cover African affairs with an African perspective. The bureau, set up in 2011, covers African news in the fields of politics, economy, society and culture, and also provides African viewers with programs about China.
(Source: cntv.cn)
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