Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks on the 6th in Beijing with Gabonese President Oligui Nguema, who is on a state visit, and then met Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker. Huanqiu reported that both meetings took place, but what was said and agreed could not be confirmed.
According to a Huanqiu item based on Xinhua, Xi held talks with Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema in Beijing on the 6th and also met Stocker the same day. The Huanqiu pages we checked carried photos and the fact of the meetings but not the remarks of either side, so outcomes cannot be stated.
광고 문의 · 300×250The Gabonese outlet Gabonreview reported that Oligui Nguema is on a five-day state visit from the 3rd to the 7th at Xi’s invitation, arriving at Shanghai Hongqiao on the 3rd before moving on to Beijing. Gabon is setting up a national pavilion for the first time at the ninth China International Import Expo, which opened on the 5th.
Gabon’s economic agenda
Gabon’s presidency said bilateral trade reached 3.94 billion dollars in 2025, up 8.2 percent. Libreville says it wants productive investment in industrialization, infrastructure, local processing of raw materials, technology transfer and jobs rather than trade alone. Which agreements or memoranda, if any, were signed has not been confirmed.
The Austrian outlet news.at reported that Stocker planned, after the Shanghai expo, to hold talks with Xi and Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on the 6th. The economy minister and company representatives from AVL, Magna, Doppelmayr, voestalpine and RHI Magnesita were to accompany him.
The Austrian side noted that imports from China last year came to 17.5 billion euros against exports to China of 5 billion euros, and hoped to ease the imbalance; the economy minister put untapped export potential to China at 5.4 billion euros by 2030. Whether the issue came up in the meetings is not stated in the Chinese reports.
