Thabo Mbeki Quotes

We seek to move from aid to trade.

It is quite easy to understand what China would need from the African continent with regards to its own economy, raw materials, oil and a market for manufactured goods. As I say it is not difficulty to understand and perfectly legitimate. There is nothing wrong with that.

Africa is the future.

Africa needs access to markets.

We view South Africa as one of our closest strategic partners in the developing world and in the African continent.

Romania is still very much underutilizing its natural and human potential.

The U.S. and Iraq will work together next year to shift Iraqi resources from unproductive subsidies to productive uses that enable Iraqis to earn livelihoods.

South Africa's increasingly, for example, the largest foreign investor in various other parts of Africa.

I have long argued that, if China and the United States were interested in pursuing a strategic partnership, Africa is the best place to start, as neither enters the situation with past colonial baggage, and both possess interests that are quite complementary.

It is hard to overstate the economic importance of the U.S.A. to Scotland, and that makes it essential that we engage with companies and potential investors and get the message across that we are open for business.

Openness has been vital to Asia's fast growth in the past and it will continue to be crucial for the area's further development.

China needs a powerful Europe, but Europe can only be strong if each and every one of its members attains rapid economic development.

I am on my way to Ghana tomorrow morning and you just need to know that this Administration is very focused on doing all we can to promote economic development in this part of the world, in Africa, throughout Africa, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa.

Since entering the new century, China and Africa have seized the historic opportunities presented by the deepening of globalization, worked together and helped each other to achieve a win-win outcome.

The more we can open the border [with the US] the more we can develop.

Canada is open for business.

The key to our economic prosperity depends on increasing our contacts with Asian traders.

An economically successful Africa is not only in the interest of the Africans but also is in the interest of the United States as well.

We have neglected industry and commerce just as we have neglected every other opportunity of progress.

Economic cooperation makes the American people and others around the world more prosperous and secure.

Whichever country we are talking to, we are concerned with economic cooperation, how to deepen our mutual dependence, how to find new areas of win-win.

China's influence is growing; it is natural that they want to integrate more, do more business with countries around them, and the Belt and Road is a constructive way in which they can do so.

BRICS meetings are keenly watched world over, and our decisions have profound impact globally.

The U.K. wants and needs closer trading partnerships with African nations - and Africa needs much more capital.

After securing security, we can be confident that our achievements will be safeguarded and also have the capacity to construct infrastructure such as regional railways, airports, and highways that will facilitate trade and help us to integrate faster.