(18 Jul 2023)
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Beijing - 18 July 2023
1. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune walking to podium
2. Close of Xi and Tebboune
3. Wide of welcome ceremony
4. Mid of military band
5. Wide of Xi and Tebboune walking away from podium
6. Various of Xi and Tebboune inspecting honor guards
7. Close of Algerian and Chinese national flags
8. Wide of meeting
9. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Xi Jinping, Chinese president:
"For 65 years, China and Algeria have always shared weal and woe and helped each other, and the friendship between the two countries has been strengthened over time."
10. Mid of Xi and Chinese officials
11. Close of Tebboune
12. Mid of Tebboune and Algerian officials
13. Close of Xi listening
14. Wide of meeting
15. Wide of Xi and Tebboune at signing ceremony
16. Close of Xi
17. Wide of Xi and Tebboune witnessing signing of agreements
18. Close of Tebboune
19. Pan from Zheng Shanjie (right), director of China’s National Development and Reform Commission, to Wang Zhigang (right), Minister of Science and Technology of China, at the signing ceremony
20. Tilt-up from document being signed to Wang Wentao, Minister of Commerce of China
21. Mid of Wang Wentao exchanging documents with Algerian official
22. Close of Algerian and Chinese national flags
23. Close of Xi and Tebboune shaking hands and leaving at the end of signing ceremony
STORYLINE:
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday hailed China's relationship with Algeria in a meeting with his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Beijing.
Xi held a welcome ceremony for Tebboune at the Great Hall of the People before the two had a bilateral meeting.
“For 65 years, China and Algeria have always shared weal and woe and helped each other, and the friendship between the two countries has been strengthened over time,” Xi said during his opening remarks.
Xi also said China is ready to work with Algeria to strengthen strategic communications, deepen exchanges and cooperation and ensure the steady and long-term development of the China-Algeria comprehensive strategic partnership.
Tebboune said China is Algeria’s “most important friend” and he thanked China for its support for Algeria's accession to the BRICS mechanism.
After the meeting, the two countries signed 19 documents about cooperation in areas including technology, infrastructure, trade and investment.
Tebboune began his state visit to China on Monday, with both economic and diplomatic priorities as the North African nation looks to become less gas-dependent and raise its global profile.
The visit follows Tebboune’s trip last month to Russia, a long-time partner and military provider, although Algeria has remained officially neutral in Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
Tebboune spent two days in Qatar before landing in Beijing on Monday.
A large delegation accompanied Tebboune to China, reflecting a drive for deeper cooperation beyond the economy.
Algeria’s relationship with China reaches into history. Algeria’s official press service APS underscored China’s role as the first non-Arab country to recognize Algeria’s provisional government in 1958, established midway through its brutal independence war with France.
Since 2014, Algeria and China are strategic partners and have pledged to expand their cooperation in the economy, trade, energy to space and health.
China has had a hand in numerous projects in Algeria, from construction of a grand mosque in the capital to an array of infrastructure projects.
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