(14 Jul 2025)
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Beijing – 14 July 2025
1. Wide of news conference
2. Wide of reporters
3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Lin Jian, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson:
“Former (Nigerian) President (Muhammadu) Buhari was an important leader of Nigeria who led the Nigerian people to achieve remarkable progress in national development. He was also a long-standing friend of the Chinese people and made significant contributions to strengthening China-Nigeria relations and promoting mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries. China expresses deep condolences on the passing of former President Buhari and extends sincere sympathies to the Nigerian government, its people, and President Buhari’s family.”
4. Various of news conference
STORYLINE:
China on Monday expressed condolences over the death of Nigeria’s former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Buhari, who led Nigeria twice both as a military head of state and a democratic president, died aged 82 in London on Sunday.
At a daily news briefing in Beijing, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian hailed Buhari’s contributions to promoting Nigeria’s national development and the country’s “mutually beneficial cooperation” with China.
He called Buhari a “long-standing friend of the Chinese people."
Buhari first took power in Africa’s most populous nation in 1983, after a military coup, running an authoritarian regime until fellow soldiers ousted him less than 20 months later.
When he was elected in 2015 on his fourth attempt, he became the first opposition candidate to win a presidential election there.
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