Beijing Dclaration of the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.docVIP

Beijing Declaration of the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation 1. We, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Ministers in charge of economic cooperation of the People’s Republic of China and 50 African countries and the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, met in Beijing from 19 to 20 July 2012 for the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). 2. We express our thanks to H.E. President Hu Jintao of the People’s Republic of China and H.E. President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma of the Republic of South Africa, H.E. Th