CONAKRY, Guinea
China plans to maintain its financial assistance to Guinea to help rebuild infrastructure following an Ebola epidemic that killed thousands of people in the West African country, according to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Speaking in capital Conakry on Monday, Wang said his country would “help Guinea rebuild after the Ebola epidemic that hit the country hard, leaving several thousand dead since it broke out in late 2013”.
Wang, currently in Guinea for an official visit, also met with Guinean President Alpha Conde.
After the meeting with Conde, the Chinese FM said his country would also continue sending medical teams to the country.
The Chinese government, Wang said, would also “encourage Chinese enterprises to participate more actively in Guinea for the construction of infrastructure, such as ports, roads, railways and electricity networks.”
China currently has more than 1,000 medical personnel working in over 40 African countries, including medics deployed to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea – the three countries hardest-hit by the virus.
It has also donated some $52 million for various Ebola-response initiatives in West Africa.
According to the World Health Organization, more than 11,000 people have died in the region in what is considered the worst Ebola outbreak in history.
