Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing met here Friday with his African counterparts ahead of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).

The African diplomats included Foreign Ministers of Morocco, Tanzania, Lesotho, Zambia, Cape Verde and Vice Foreign Minister of Libya.

The ministers are here for the Third Ministerial Conference of the FOCAC.

The two-day Summit will open Saturday morning. Leaders of China and 48 African countries which have diplomatic relations with China will attend the summit.

(Xinhua News Agency November 3, 2006)