China, Sierra Leone pledge to boost cooperation

FREETOWN, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio met with senior Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi here Monday, with the two sides pledging to boost bilateral cooperation in various fields.

Yang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and also director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, conveyed Chinese