[2021-02-03] China to fund maternity facilities at Cabo Verdean hospital

Source: Macauhub

Representatives of Cabo Verde and China signed last week in the Cabo Verdean capital, Praia, two economic and technical cooperation agreements together worth 100 million yuan (about US$15.5 million), Lusa reports.

One of the agreements is for China to pay for mother-and-baby facilities to be added to the Mindelo Hospital on the Cabo Verdean island of São Vicente, the Portuguese news agency says.

Separately, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce issued a written statement quoting Cabo Verdean Foreign Minister Rui Figueiredo Soares as saying the agreement is bound up in the development of a maritime special economic zone on and around São Vicente.

Cabo Verde means to be a useful partner to China in its cooperative endeavours in Africa, the statement quotes Mr Figueiredo as saying.

Chinese Ambassador to Cabo Verde Du Xiaocong hopes for stronger Sino-Cabo Verdean ties, 45 years after the two countries first established diplomatic relations, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce says.