Gabonese President Nguema arrives in Shanghai on 3 Nov to begin a state visit; Shanghai mayor meets him; Xi talks communiqué still pending. | China Day chinaday.news
At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema is on a state visit to China from 3 to 7 November, his first since taking office. AfricDirect, citing Gabonese presidential communications, said he arrived on 3 November at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, was received by local officials and greeted by Gabonese students in China; Shanghai is the first stop, ahead of the ninth China International Import Expo (5–10 November), where Gabon will make its Country Pavilion debut. The Paper (about 22:06) and Yicai (about 23:24) reported that Shanghai Mayor Zhu Zhongming met Nguema that day, discussing trade and investment, youth/education/culture/tourism, and cooperation in mining, agriculture, fisheries, digitalisation and AI. China's MFA had said Xi would host a welcome ceremony and talks, with Premier Li Qiang and NPC Standing Committee Chairman Zhao Leji to meet him separately. Global Times English also covered the visit's start and 2025 bilateral trade of $3.94 billion. A Xi–Nguema talks communiqué was not yet available.
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