China is willing to work with Africa to ensure the Global Security Initiative takes root on the continent and to jointly build a peaceful and secure path to modernization, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday.

China is ready to join hands with Africa to build an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future in the new era, he added.

Wang, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks during a joint press conference with his Nigerian counterpart, Yusuf Tuggar.

He emphasized that China will firmly support Africans in seeking African solutions to African problems.

“The African people are the true masters of the African continent and have the wisdom, ability, and right to solve their own problems,” Wang said.

He also noted that China and Nigeria should continue to firmly support each other on issues related to their core concerns, maintaining their bond as good brothers of mutual trust. This collaboration, Wang said, would inject momentum and confidence into the high-quality development of China-Africa cooperation and Africa’s modernization.