00:01Guinean Prime Minister Amadou Ureba has dismissed claims that China is lowering African countries into a debt trap,
00:08arguing that the continent's development challenges stem more from domestic governance than from its international partnerships.
00:19Let me be more explicit. The most critical question is whether African government, especially our own, have the judgment and
00:27wisdom to find the best ways to turn development opportunities into real benefits for our people and our country.
00:39Conversely, if we harbor the illusion that we can achieve development simply by cooperating with China,
00:47or that others will bring development opportunities directly to our dot-step, while we bear no responsibility and make no
00:55necessary efforts of our own,
00:58then such thinking is clearly unrealistic and not in our best interests.
01:09He argued that countries which fail to capitalize on development partnership often shift the blame to debts or external actors
01:17rather than address an internal shortcomings.
01:21The Prime Minister also highlighted Guinea's long-standing relationship with China.
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