习近平向加蓬当选总统恩圭马致贺电

新华社北京4月21日电 4月19日，国家主席习近平致电布里斯·克洛泰尔·奥利吉·恩圭马，祝贺他当选加蓬共和国总统。

习近平指出，中国同加蓬传统友好。近年来，两国政治互信持续深化，各领域合作成果丰硕，在涉及彼此核心利益和重大关切问题上坚定相互支持。我高度重视中加关系发展，愿同恩圭马当选总统一道努力，以落实中非合作论坛北京峰会成果为契机，推动两国全面战略合作伙伴关系走深走实，更好造福两国人民。

Xi congratulates Nguema on election as president of Gabon

BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping sent on Saturday a congratulatory message to Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema on his election as president of the Gabonese Republic.

In his message, Xi noted that China and Gabon enjoy a traditional friendship, saying that in recent years, political mutual trust between the two countries has continued to deepen, and cooperation in various fields has achieved fruitful results.

The two countries have firmly supported each other on issues concerning each other's core interests and major concerns, he added.

Xi also said that he attaches great importance to the development of China-Gabon relations and stands ready to work with President-elect Nguema to take implementing the outcomes of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation as an opportunity to promote a steady and sustained growth of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries, so as to better benefit their people. ■