KHARTOUM Cheap Jordan Flyknit Elevation , Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Sudan on Wednesday reiterated its commitment to participating in China's Belt and Road (B&R) Initiative and working to achieve its main objectives.
"There is a standing deeply-rooted relationship between Sudan and China," Awad Ahmed al-Jaz, a Sudanese presidential assistant in charge of maintaining the Sudan-China relations, spoke at a symposium entitled "the Arab-China Cooperation and the Silk Road Initiative."
He said that there is "a joint willingness for enhancing the cooperation and achieving benefits without intervention in the affairs of one another."
Al-Jaz added that Sudan is committed to playing "a key role" in implementing the Belt and Road Initiative.
Chinese Ambassador to Sudan Li Lianhe reiterated the importance of the B&R Initiative in strengthening the spirit of regional cooperation and creating positive participation among countries.
Li said the initiative will helps encourage and promote trade, financial integration and exchanges among nations.
Ali Yousif Ahmed, executive director of the Arab-Chinese Friendship Societies' League, an affiliate of the Arab League based in Sudan Cheap Jordan 8 , also highlighted the importance of the initiative for the Arab countries.
"Our Arab world needs this initiative, which is likely to enhance the trade, initiate sustainable development and establish infrastructure projects," he said.
Put forward by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative aims to build a trade and infrastructure network connecting Asia with Europe and Africa along and beyond the ancient Silk Road trade routes.
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KAMPALA, June 15 (Xinhua) -- The World Rugby regional development manager for Africa, Jean Luc Barthez said Monday he is impressed with Uganda's readiness to host the 2015 Africa Tier 1B tournament.
Barthez who was in Uganda for two days to review activities of the Uganda Rugby Union (URU) and assess the preparations ahead of hosting the African event said he was happy with what he found on the ground.
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Uganda was selected to host the 2015 Africa Rugby Tier 1B Tournament slated for July 3-11 in Kampala.
Andrew Owor, President of the Uganda Rugby Union said they are working on the final touches of the preparations ahead of the tournament. The event will bring together six nations with the winner qualifying for promotion to the Tier 1A.
""We have hosted big events before and the African body believes we have what it takes to stage a successful tournament. The government is helping us because we need to handle all internal logistical matters,"" added Owor.
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KASANE, Botswana, March 26 (Xinhua) -- As the Kasane Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade concluded Wednesday, challenges remain for the protection on wildlife, despite a statement reached by delegates from 32 countries and more than 20 inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations.
While reviewing the implementation of the London Declaration reached at the 2014 conference Cheap Jordan 32 , the Kasane Statement specified further actions to be taken by all parties on eradicating the market for illegal wildlife products, ensuring effective legal frameworks and deterrents, strengthening law enforcement, sustainable livelihood and economic development.
While the agreement on wildlife protection has been adopted, challenges still remain, according to officials and experts.
"Despite efforts to date for many species, the illegal trade Cheap Jordan 9 , and the poaching which fuels it, is an ongoing and growing problem, " read the Kasane Statement released after the conference.
Botswana's Minister of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism Tshekedi Khama said challenges facing the fight against illegal trade of wildlife products include corruption and the lack of political will. "We are going to have an uphill battle to prevent this," he said.
Chinese delegate Meng Xianlin, who is executive director- general of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Import and Export Management Office, said protecting wildlife should not just be words Cheap Jordan 7 , it takes cooperation across the world in line with the law.
There are many international meetings and announcements on wildlife conservation, Meng said, adding China is implementing resolutions seriously, and with results.
Tom De Meulenaer, scientific support officer of Secretariat of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), echoed by saying that one of the main challenges in protecting wildlife in Africa is putting words into actions.
"African countries have made a lot of commitments and plans but resources are not there, and sometimes political will Cheap Air Jordan 4 ," Meulenaer told Xinhua.