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Chinese Ambassador Guo Haiyan [Brian Ngugi, Standard]

China will deepen its cooperation with Kenya, its ambassador said on Monday, highlighting major infrastructure projects and educational exchanges as pillars of a relationship that she said dates back more than six centuries.

Speaking at an embassy open day to mark International Children's Day, Ambassador Guo Haiyan pointed to the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway, the Nairobi Expressway, the Nairobi Global Trade Centre, and the Talanta Sports Stadium as "important symbols of China-Kenya friendship in the new era."

"These projects have vigorously promoted Kenya's economic and social development and contributed to the improvement of people's livelihoods," Guo said in a statement.