00:00China's Vice President has been in Nairobi where he's signed full memoranda of understanding
00:05with Kenyan President William Ruto on economic partnership, agriculture, livestock and trade.
00:11Among the deals was an agreement that will grant Kenya duty-free and quota-free access
00:15for Kenyan products to the Chinese market starting in May.
00:20Mr. Vice President, your visit to Kenya is significant
00:25because it is a subsequent visit to my visit in April last year.
00:29To China, where we had very fruitful consultations and outcomes both for China and Kenya.
00:41The most significant being the request of Kenya to the Chinese government
00:48to facilitate a trade agreement that would get Kenyan goods to the Chinese market.
01:01Last April, Mr. President, you paid a very successful visit to China.
01:05President Xi Jinping held talks with you and reached an important consensus.
01:10The two leaders decided to build the China-Kenya community with a shared future for the new era,
01:15which outlined a new blueprint for the development of this bilateral relationship.
01:20East Africa's biggest economy has been forging closer ties with Beijing
01:24amid intensifying U.S.-Chinese competition for African trade.
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