President Zhang Yi attended the meeting on drought in Africa with the Minister of Ministry of Environment and Tourism of Namibia

On 17th June, invited by Namibia’s Embassy in Beijing, President Zhang Yi, Mr.Yu Shining, the Director of International Liaison Department of our foundation, attended a meeting on drought in Africa in Beijing International Hotel to discuss the drought problem with Mr. Pohamba Shifeta, the minister of Ministry of Environment and Tourism of Namibia.

A cordial discussion between President Zhang and Mr. Pohamba Shifeta

   On the meeting, a cordial discussion was carried on between both sides. At first, Mr.Pohamba Shifeta expressed his gratitude to our kindness and caring. Then, detailed situation was elaborated. Extensive drought brought about crop failure, food shortage, cattle death and agricultural production reduction, which made all the Namibian people caught into difficulty. In terms of this problem, Namibia’s Embassy and government sincerely hope that our foundation may kindly help call on Chinese enterprises to provide support in terms of food and supplies, agricultural machinery, irrigation equipment and agricultural technology so as to help the people suffering from the drought get out of the difficult situation.

   Next, President Zhang Yi showed his sympathy and consideration to all the Namibian people. With the spirit of humanism, our foundation will spare no efforts to offer help by trying to conduct donations and fundraising activities,find possibility of sending expert delegations to Namibia to give technological support and call on Chinese people from all walks to help Namibian people pull though the difficulty.

   This meeting ended in a friendly atmosphere. It indicates that our foundation, as the bridge of communication between China and Africa, has made great contributions to mutual development and long-standing friendship of both sides.  At the same time, we would like to call on all the Chinese individuals and enterprises of all circles to give a hand to our African friends, help them overcome the drought, recover economy and live a stable and happy live as soon as possible.