Vice President Foh Heads for China-Africa Summit in South Africa

Sierra Leone's Vice President, Ambassador Dr. Victor Bockarie Foh is scheduled to arrive in South Africa in the coming hours, representing His Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma at this year's Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit. With dozens of African Heads of States attending, the summit, slated for December 4 th and 5 th in Johannesburg, South Africa, will be held under the theme 'China-Africa Progressing Together, Win-Win Cooperation for Common Development' Established in 2000, FOCAC has been a strategic development platform between China and the African continent, serving as the chief framework for the conduct of economic, technical and cultural cooperation between the two. FOCAC meetings are held at different levels: level of Heads of State - FOCAC Summit - once in 5 or 6 years; level of Ministers responsible for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation - FOCAC Ministerial Conference - once in 3 years; level of Chief Directors or Directors - Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) - twice in a year. There also is the level of Group of African Ambassadors in China, which holds regular consultations with the secretariat of the Chinese Follow-up Committee on FOCAC - held bi-monthly. This year's Johannesburg Summit and the Sixth Ministerial Conference will bring about the Johannesburg Action Plan 2016-2018, making clear further areas of development cooperation between China and Africa within the framework of FOCAC. Such areas of further cooperation will include agriculture and food security, industry Partnership and Capacity Cooperation, energy and natural resources, marine, tourism and cultural cooperation. The 6 th FOCAC Meeting will be the first since President Xi Jinping assumed office in 2013 and it is expected, China will increase its financing commitment and development priorities in Africa. Since establishing diplomatic ties in July 1971, China and Sierra Leone have had remarkable ties. The Chinese have continuously played a crucial role in Sierra Leone's growth especially in the areas of human resource development, health, agriculture and infrastructure. Pending Chinese projects include but not limited to The Mamamah Airport and The Rubber and Rice Plantation. Sierra Leone also played a lead role during China's bid to enter the UNGA. Vice President Dr. Foh is expected to further strengthen the ties between the two countries, having served in China as Sierra Leone's Ambassador prior to assuming his current job. He will be departing Paris for the South African FOCAC Summit. Also attending the Summit is Charge D'Affairs of the Embassy of Sierra Leone in Beijing, Madam Kumba Alice Momoh and has since arrived in South Africa. People's Republic of China—By Kabs Kanu A very destructive, hurtful, precarious and dangerous precedent will be set in Sierra Leone if President Maada Bio gets away with the criminal act he committed last (…) ACTION NEWS COCORIOKO NEWSPAPER brings you in full the live video coverage of the Special Ministry of Information press conference on the internationally mediated Tripartite Committee 's progress report and signing of (…) RANDOM ARTICLES EXTENDED COVERAGE By KABS KANU : Fear is spreading in the Mano River Union countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Ivory Coast as authorities in the four countries monitor what has (…) ACTION NEWS By Claudia Anthony Eight months after her disappearance in Freetown, the body of missing 40-year-old US and Sierra Leonean citizen, Massah Kai-Kai, is discovered, exhumed. At a police press (…) COMMENTARY  By Sanpha Sesay : Texas Correspondent : As the nation continues to celebrate the independence anniversary, Sierra Leoneans from various organizations at the metropolitan cities of Dallas Fort Worth in (…) ACTION NEWS By Kemo Cham Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday ordered the deployment of a regional security mission to help stabilize the situation in Sierra (…) ACTION NEWS By Abubakarr Kargbo "Development is a continuous process. Politics is not about talking only but much action for development," says Dr. Samura Matthew Wilson Kamara whilst addressing voters in the (…) COCORIOKO is produced in Somerset, Franklin Township , New Jersey , USA and Brookfields , Freetown, Sierra Leone. The sole owner, financier , Publisher and Chief Executive Officer ( CEO ) is the Rev. Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu. All matters pertaining to the paper should be directed to the CEO, Rev. Kabs-Kanu at kabbskanu@aol.com . No article or any part of this website should be reproduced without the expressed permission of the Publisher.

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