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Xi Jinping, Chinese President, on Friday called for developing countries to enhance cooperation in addressing common challenges.
Xi made the remarks in a speech to an outreach dialogue grouping leaders from the BRICS, the "BRICS Plus" and African countries at the 10th BRICS summit here.
The leaders discussed international development and cooperation, as well as the important cause of South-South cooperation, and reached broad consensuses.
The world is undergoing great developments and transformation, during which emerging markets and developing countries are faced with shared opportunities and challenges, Xi said, stressing that it is increasingly important for them to enhance solidarity and cooperation.The BRICS countries and their partners should jointly deepen their mutually beneficial partnership.
We should understand, support, stay forever with and help each other, taking "BRICS Plus" cooperation as an opportunity to build an open, inclusive, cooperative and win-win partnership and create a platform for deepening South-South cooperation, said the Chinese president.
We should together seize the opportunity of the BRICS Partnership on New Industrial Revolution set up at this summit to take the high ground of development, and release our potential in complementarities and coordination, so as to achieve innovative, interconnected and inclusive development.
President Xi stressed that it is significant that the BRICS summit was once again held in Africa, noting that we should take it as an opportunity to comprehensively deepen the partnership between BRICS and African countries.
China and Africa have been good friends, good partners and good brothers. With joint efforts, the China-Africa has developed rapidly and have formed all-round cooperation that benefits billions of people.