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Xi Jinping holds talks with Gabonese president

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Xi Jinping holds talks with Gabonese president

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks in Beijing on Friday with Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, according to Visionguinee. The meeting closes a visit by the Gabonese head of state to China that began earlier in the week.

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks in Beijing on Friday with Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, according to Visionguinee. The meeting closes a visit by the Gabonese head of state to China that began earlier in the week.

It comes the day after Oligui Nguema made a plea in Beijing for Chinese investment in housing and manganese, according to the same source. The Gabonese leader also visited a Chinese political memorial in Shanghai on 4 November.

The visit follows Oligui Nguema's meeting with Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso in Oyo on 2 November, and his call to convert the Chinese partnership into investments, launched on 3 November.

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