国内英语新闻:Chinese vice president's trip achieves goals

During his talks with leaders of the four countries, Xi reviewed and spoke highly of China's bilateral ties with the four countries, Zhai said.

He vowed to further consolidate traditional friendship and strengthen exchanges at all levels with the four countries and jointly promote the continuous development of bilateral ties.

In Singapore, a friendly neighbor of China and an important ASEAN member, Xi expressed his hope to make joint efforts to consolidate the social foundation of their traditional friendship, Zhai said.

In South Africa, Xi hailed the development of bilateral ties since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two nations, and said China would like to work together with South Africa to boost their cooperation.

In Angola and Botswana, he spoke highly of the traditional friendship and great achievements in cooperation between China and the two countries. Xi and the leaders of the two countries agreed that strengthened mutually beneficial cooperation is in accordance with the fundamental and long-term interests of their peoples.

Meanwhile, the leaders of the four nations expressed their steadfast support for China's peaceful unification and core benefits, saying they would like to strengthen communication and cooperation with China on major regional and international issues.

Peoples of all walks of life in the four nations expressed their warm welcome to the Chinese vice president and believed that his visit was of great importance in enhancing friendly communication, deepening pragmatic cooperation and further promoting the relations between China and those visited countries, Zhai said.