In a joint China-Kenya statement, both leaders said they were “committed to injecting more stability into the world with the certainty of China-Africa solidarity and cooperation”.
The decision to upgrade China-Kenya relations was made “in the face of a turbulent international situation“, the Chinese president was quoted as saying in a separate media pool report.
Kenya has been a key BRI recipient, and Nairobi has taken a slew of loans from China to finance infrastructure construction projects that have made China the east African nation's biggest bilateral lender.
Xi and Ruto signed 20 documents together on Thursday, according to a media pool report. These included agreements on science and technology cooperation, vocational education, water resources, ecommerce, intelligent transport systems and the railway sector.
The country has been struggling with a heavy debt load and the accompanying cost of servicing it.
It is Ruto's first state visit to China as president of Kenya.
Ruto and Xi’s joint statement said both countries would continue to uphold the World Trade Organisation’s values and basic principles and “resolutely oppose new hegemonic tactics such as illegal unilateral sanctions, ‘decoupling and chain breaking’, tariff barriers and technological blockades”.
Chinese companies can cooperate with Kenya in building a local medical and health industry according to Kenya's needs, the statement said.
The opening of direct flights between Beijing and Nairobi was also being “actively explored” it said.
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