List of African Presidents Ruto, Raila held talks with in Beijing

President William Ruto and Kenya's AUC chairman candidate, Raila Odinga, Wednesday, met six African leaders on the sidelines of the  ongoing high-level Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit (FOCAC) in Beijing, China

The forum officially began on Wednesday and will go through to Friday.

The gathering, which happens every three years, brings together 53 African countries and China to discuss important topics in the Africa-China relationship, including trade, investment, and development.

Raila is seeking to become the next African Union Commission chairman. For this reason, Ruto has been holding bilateral meetings with African leaders on the sidelines of FOCAC to boost Raila's numbers in the vote slated for February 2025.

He also sought support for Raila's candidature for AU Commission chairmanship.

Some of the Presidents Ruto and Raila met on Wednesday include;

• Faure Gnassingbé – Togo
• Colonel Assimi Goita – Mali
• Paul Kagame – Rwanda
• Sissoco Embaló – Guinea-Bissau
• Idriss Deby - Chad 

• Hakainde Hichilema – Zambia