Diplomat denies Botswana -China sour relations

Deputy permanent secretary in the foreign affairs ministry, responsible for International Relations, Thuso Ramodimoosi said that some Chinese contractors performing poorly must not result in generalisation of Sino contractors.  He said painting all of them with the same brush would be wrong. Ramodimoosi maintained that no diplomatic tiff existed between Gaborone and Beijing consequent to poor project execution. 

“There are some Chinese companies that are doing well, and others are not doing well.  But we cannot say diplomatic relations with China are at a low,” he said.