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Vice Foreign Minister Deng Li Holds Virtual Political Consultation with Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Redwan Hussien

2022-03-16 19:55

On March 16, 2022, Vice Foreign Minister Deng Li held a virtual political consultation with Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Redwan Hussien.

Deng Li said that recent years have witnessed in-depth development of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between China and Ethiopia. The two countries have maintained frequent high-level exchanges, solid political mutual trust, and fruitful cooperation in economy, trade, pandemic response and other fields. China stands ready to strengthen communication and coordination with Ethiopia to jointly safeguard each other's core interests and major concerns, ensure sound implementation of the outcomes of the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), and take solid steps to promote exchanges and cooperation in various fields. China will work with Ethiopia and other regional countries to ensure sound implementation of the "Initiative of Peaceful Development in the Horn of Africa", thus contributing to the long-term peace and stability, development and prosperity in the region.

Redwan Hussein congratulated China on the successful hosting of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, and stressed the great importance Ethiopia attaches to the development of bilateral relations. He said that Ethiopia thanks China for firmly supporting the country's efforts to safeguard national sovereignty and oppose external interference, and for deepening cooperation with Ethiopia in fields like infrastructure development and improvement of people's well-being. Ethiopia will continue to work with China to give each other firm mutual support on issues involving each other's core concerns, and take implementing the outcomes of the Eighth Ministerial Meeting of the FOCAC as an opportunity to promote the in-depth development of bilateral cooperation in various fields. Ethiopia supports the "Initiative of Peaceful Development in the Horn of Africa" put forward by China and looks forward to China playing a greater role in regional peace, stability and development.

The two sides also exchanged views on the domestic situation of Ethiopia and regional situation in the Horn of Africa, among other things.

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