BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping said China is willing to work with the United Nations to promote Belt and Road cooperation as he held separate meetings with foreign leaders in Beijing on Wednesday.

Xi met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Kenyan President William Ruto, Argentine President Alberto Fernandez, and Nigerian Vice-President Kashim Shettima, who are attending the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.

In his meeting with Guterres, Xi said China is willing to work with the UN to promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation to contribute to world peace and development

In his meeting with Guterres, Xi said China is willing to work with the UN to promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation to contribute to world peace and development.

Xi said a review of the past decade of the Belt and Road Initiative shows that a lot of constructive work has been accomplished, and the BRI has demonstrated vitality and dynamism.

Common development

Meeting with the Kenyan president, Xi said over the past 10 years, China and Kenya have jointly carried out large-scale projects such as the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway. Jointly building the Belt and Road has boosted people's sense of gain through friendly cooperation.

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He told Ruto that China is promoting common development of the world through advancing high-standard opening-up. 

Robust vitality

Meanwhile, Xi noted in his meeting with the Nigerian vice-president that over the past decade, the Belt and Road cooperation between China and Africa has demonstrated robust vitality and seen a number of landmark projects completed.

Xi highlighted a group of cooperation projects in Nigeria such as railway, port, power station and telecommunication network projects, as well as the free trade zone construction.

China is willing to continue working with Nigeria to push for more tangible achievements in the Belt and Road cooperation, to help Nigeria and Africa at large achieve industrialization and agricultural modernization, Xi said.