The Special Economic Zone under construction in Pointe Noire is the flagship project of Chinese-Congolese cooperation, Lyu said

Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Pyongyang not to go further in a dangerous direction, and said there should be no new nuclear state in either of the Koreas or elsewhere

He said that Japan should handle the issue properly and in a responsible way to gain trust from its Asian neighbors and the international community

The verdict was supposed to be read on Aug 25, but Yingluck, the country's first woman prime minister, failed to show up

The visit marks the first time the ship has visited West Africa, Xinhua said