(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Irobi may 11 (qna) - kenyan president uhuru kenyatta and visiting chinese premier li keqiang agreed to advance the bilateral ties through concrete cooperation in various areas including civil aviation.

during their talks in nairobi li said china is willing to cooperate with kenya to strengthen high-level exchanges and political mutual trust and support each other on issues concerning their core interests so as to promote the two-way relations to a higher level.

the all-round wide-scope and multi-tiered cooperation between the two countries now faces new development opportunities he said.

china is ready to cooperate with kenya a transport hub in africa to jointly operate regional air routes and build railway networks li said.

the bilateral cooperation also includes agriculture and food safety environment and wildlife protection for sustainable development and a joint scientific research center for africa said the chinese leader.

kenyatta said li's trip will further the strategic partnership between africa and china calling his ongoing africa tour a milestone which coincides with the 50th anniversary of china's late premier zhou enlai's first visit to the continent.

he hailed china's important contribution to africa's peace and development and fully agreed with li's proposal made earlier at the african union (au) headquarters on china-africa cooperation framework as well as li's another initiative presented to the 2014 world economic forum on africa on the joint construction of three infrastructure networks in africa.

the president said kenya is willing to become a gateway to africa for chinese companies and actively promote africa-china cooperation. (qna)