On July 20, 2016, Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Ming met with Head of Economic Affairs of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) Hagos Ghebrehiwet of Eritrea, who was in China to attend the 1st meeting of China-Eritrea Joint Economic and Trade Commission. Both sides exchanged views on China-Eritrea relations, implementation of the outcomes from the Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, and other issues of common concern.