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Foreign media send congratulatory letters to CMG on CPC centenary

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4 years ago

June 30, 2021

Foreign media send congratulatory letters to CMG on CPC centenary

To mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), heads of media organizations in Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America have sent letters of congratulation to Shen Haixiong, president of China Media Group (CMG).

The following is an edited summary of some of these letters.

Adrian Wells, the managing director of the European News Exchange (ENEX), said that the openness and global vision of CMG have made people look forward to strengthening cooperation with it, working together to report news more comprehensively and promoting mutual understanding among people across the region.

Spanish media La Razon said the CPC has led the Chinese people in pursuing reform and opening-up, firmly following the path of peaceful development, promoting social equity, justice, and common prosperity. They also expressed how they’re looking forward to closer exchanges and cooperation with CMG.

We are looking forward to working with CMG to tell the story of China to the rest of the world, and Russia-China friendship will become a new driving force for all mankind to create a better future, said Russian media Big Asian TV.

Kazakhstan media DKN World News sent a letter of congratulations, saying that this significant day shows that China has successfully formulated a national strategy with Chinese characteristics and is moving along the right path, and they hope to continue to expand practical cooperation with CMG.

The president of Prensa Latina, the official state news agency of Cuba, said in a video that he wishes China more and more prosperous under the leadership of the CPC and firmly believes that the cooperation between China and Cuba in various fields is getting closer, especially in the media.

Mexican Channel 6 in its letter thanked CMG for authorizing the news outlet to air many documentaries such as “Up and Out of Poverty.” Through these programs, Mexican audiences learned that the CPC has always been committed to serving the people and made remarkable achievements, especially in poverty eradication.

The director of Mongolia Channel 2 said in a video that over the past three years, the network has carried out fruitful cooperation with CMG and enhanced the friendship between the two peoples.

Shen sent letters of thanks back to them. “Chinese people, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Xi Jinping as the core, are advancing courageously on the journey of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,” he wrote.

“CMG will deepen exchanges with media organizations of other countries to jointly open a new chapter of cooperation, contribute our wisdom and strength to the establishment of a more just and reasonable international order and the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.”

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French Envoy Seeks Collaboration With NAN To Boost Seamless Relationship

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1 month ago

February 5, 2025

The Gleamer

The new French envoy to Nigeria, Marc Fonbaustier, on Wednesday called for collaboration with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) toward strengthening the mutually beneficial relationship between the two countries.

Fonbaustier, who is the French ambassador to Nigeria and the ECOWAS, made the call when he paid a courtesy visit to Malam Ali Muhammad Ali, NAN’s Managing Director, in Abuja.
The ambassador said that his purpose of visiting was to pay tribute to the MD, and to seek collaboration in three areas with a view to promoting stronger, seamless and fruitful partnership between both countries.

He added that Nigeria and its people were hospitable, especially to the foreigners and ambassadors alike.

He added that Nigeria was a country with so much energy, strength, stamina and so many talents.

In Nigeria, with the population of this size, it is inevitable that the elites of the country are very outstanding, “and there may be a Franco/Nigeria moments now”, he jokes.

According to him, France and Nigeria can collaborate more and learn from each other.
“I could feel it particularly during the state visit of President Bola Tinubu which took place in November 2024.

“I was there and I could see the intensity, the strength and the scope of the partnership, and I am here to scale up that partnership in all sectors.

“I am coming here for three reasons, first, to pay a tribute to the NAN MD and his team for the quality of this agency. We can testify that the contents that you publish are very factual, and also very well set up and structured.

“You do fact checking and you really do try to provide the community with quality information. I think, as a French ambassador, I can recognise that as part of a living democracy,” he said.

The French ambassador said the second reason for the visit was to intimate the NAN MD of France’s eagerness to go on partnership with NAN saying he hoped for assurance of a seamless, fluid and easy relationship.

He said that his third reason stemmed from his observation that NAN recently signed some partnership framework agreements with Egypt and China, saying “it may be time to think of balancing this partnership with others”.

“Especially with French, and to talk with Agence France-Presse (AFP) to see if there’s ground for a closer relationship between NAN and AFP.

“Which is also a recognised agency like yours, and I bet you the sky will be the limit to the collaboration, ’’he said.

Responding, the NAN MD informed the envoy that the agency was African’s biggest news content provider on account of its size.

Ali gave the envoy a little details of the agency’s operation and its outreach, saying “as our continent’s biggest news content provider, we have offices nationwide and in selected African countries.

“We have offices in countries such as South Africa, Cote d’ivoire, Addis Ababa, and then we have offices also beyond the shores of Africa. We have in New York and we are the only resident wire service in the United Nations.

“At a time in the past, the agency had 11 foreign offices, including Moscow, and presently, we are trying to re-open some of our shut offices, especially in London.
“We value partnership and understanding that we have with similar news organisation such as Reuters and, incidentally, we have a long standing relationship with AFP which you just raised.
“I know for years we have exchange of news between NAN and AFP but it’s a cooperation that we will like to strengthen and with your greater involvement,’’ he said.

The MD commended the ambassador for reaching out and engaging with some Nigerians communities to douse the tension of the allegation made by the Nigeriens.

He also lauded the envoy’s leadership and visibility to Nigeria and the ECOWAS, “which has helped to douse the perception and misconceptions about France, especially in the Sahel”.
“I think you have helped to reverse some of this perceptions. I thank you for the kind words that you said about the agency and about our management.

“We also see partnership as an important tool in checking the spread of fake news.
“We’ve seen instances where fake news has done great deal of damage, and with the coming of social media it has done even greater damage.

“Our country is facing a lot of challenges, one of which is the increasing insecurity, and the social media has been used by those who do not want to see our country to prosper,” Ali said.
He further said that NAN was a credible news agency that always fact check to correct the wrong narratives by those who are in the business of causing troubles.

He also told the envoy that the agency has its content in the Nigerian indigenous languages, starting with Hausa and it would proceed to Yoruba and Igbo languages later, “then later in future to French.

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