BAMAKO, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Malian President Assimi Goita said on Tuesday that Mali will continue to firmly support the one-China principle.
Goita made the remarks while receiving the credentials of Li Xiang, the newly appointed Chinese ambassador to Mali, in the capital Bamako.
Mali and China uphold similar values and share well-aligned positions on key issues such as respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, non-interference in internal affairs, and opposition to the instrumentalization and politicization of human rights issues, Goita said, noting that Mali will continue to firmly support the one-China principle.
He said that Mali is willing to work with China to implement the important consensus reached between the two heads of state and the outcomes of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, promote the implementation of more pragmatic cooperation projects in Mali, and deliver tangible benefits to the people of both countries.
For his part, Li said that China is ready to work with Mali to implement the important consensus reached between the two heads of state, further deepen political mutual trust, enrich pragmatic cooperation, expand people-to-people exchanges, and write a new chapter in China-Mali friendship in the process of building an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era.
Li arrived in Mali on Dec. 20 to assume his post. ■
