China has become a major strategic partner of African countries including Senegal, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade said in Dakar yesterday.

 

The Senegal-China relationship has been developing smoothly since the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries last October, Wade told Xinhua News Agency.

 

Wade said that Senegal and other African countries share common views with China on international affairs and China is playing an increasingly important role in the world.

 

He added that like that of most African countries, Senegal's economic cooperation with China is conducted in a convenient, direct and comfortable way, without any additional conditions or delay, as is often the case in cooperation with Western countries.

 

Wade expressed gratitude to China for assistance to Senegal.

 

On October 25, 2005, China and Senegal resumed diplomatic relations that were severed in 1996.

 

(Xinhua News Agency July 28, 2006)