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Your Excellencies, Presidents, Prime Ministers, distinguished Cabinet Ministers, distinguished heads of international organizations, ladies and gentlemen, we have now come to the Closing Session of this two-day TICAD 8 meeting.
Even though I participated online, we were able to discuss at length the future development of Africa through the participation of distinguished African heads of state and distinguished heads of international organizations, taking into account the current international situation, and moreover, we confirmed our continued close cooperation.
We were also pleased to have a large number of business representatives in attendance. Despite the continuing restrictions imposed by COVID-19, we were...