Rajoelina asked Liu to convey his sincere greetings to President Xi Jinping. Rajoelina welcomed Liu and his CPC delegation, and said that China is a good friend and trustworthy partner of Madagascar, and thanked the Chinese side for providing valuable assistance for Madagascar's economic and social development and for improving the lives of the Madagascan people for a long period of time. The Madagascan side admires the CPC for leading the Chinese people to achieve great development achievements and become the world's second largest economy. This has set an example for developing countries including Madagascar, and strengthened Madagascar's confidence in realizing its own development and its determination to reinforce cooperation with China.

Rajoelina said, Madagascar has an important geographical location and rich natural resources. In recent years, it has made great progress in fields such as education, health, medical care, and agriculture. The Madagascan side looks forward to walking hand in hand with China on the road of development and strengthening cooperation in the fields of energy, infrastructure and mining. The ruling parties of Madagascar and China have similar philosophies. The Madagascan side looks forward to learning experience in state governance and administration from the CPC, improving its own governance capability and governance level, and leading Madagascar to prosperity and revitalization. Madagascar has always stood with China, firmly supported China's position in international affairs, supported China-proposed major global initiatives, and is willing to be a window and platform to promote Africa-China cooperation.

Liu conveyed the warm greetings from President Xi Jinping to President Rajoelina. Liu said, although China and Madagascar are oceans apart, the two peoples share a long-standing friendship. The two sides firmly support each other on issues related to core interests such as sovereignty, security and development. In recent years, under the care and promotion of President Xi Jinping and Your Excellency President Rajoelina, China-Madagascar practical cooperation has continuously yielded new results. The CPC has established friendly relations with the IRD, with exchanges and political mutual trust between the two parties at all levels continuously strengthened. The Chinese side hopes to deepen mutual learning of experience in state governance and administration, reinforce the integration of development strategies, promote practical cooperation in various fields, and push China-Madagascar comprehensive cooperative partnership to a new level.

Liu introduced the essential requirements and distinctive features of Chinese modernization proposed at the 20th CPC National Congress. He said that China will continue to promote the high-quality development of the Belt and Road cooperation, implement the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. Liu said that under the leadership of President Rajoelina and the IRD, the Initiative Emergence Madagascar was implemented smoothly, and Madagascar enjoys stable political, economic and social development. The Chinese side is willing to encourage and support Chinese enterprises to invest and start businesses in Madagascar, and hopes that the Madagascan side will create a convenient business environment for Chinese enterprises. The Chinese side is willing to increase cooperation with the Madagascan side under the framework of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, enhance cooperation in global affairs, jointly respond to global challenges, safeguard international fairness and justice, and safeguard the interests of developing countries.

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