China honours Tanzanian Salim Ahmed Salim with top national award

Dr Salim Ahmed Salim was instrumental in facilitating the admission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations in 1971 when he was Tanzania’s Permanent Representative to the UN.

BELOW PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping poses with Ms Maryam Salim, daughter of former Prime Minister Salim Ahmed Salim, after receiving on her father’s behalf the Medal of Friendship, one of China’s highest state honours, in Beijing yesterday. PHOTO | AGENCIES

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