Recently, the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation within the Framework of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative was signed by Mr. Li Jian, Chinese ambassador to Burkina Faso and Mr. Alpha Barry, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, African Integration and Burkinabe Abroad of Burkina Faso. As of today, the Chinese government has signed more than 200 Belt and Road Initiative cooperation documents with 144 countries and 32 international organizations.