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Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged on Tuesday to work with his Ethiopian counterpart, Sahle-Work Zewde, to enhance China-Africa and Belt and Road cooperation to bring more benefits to both countries and countries. peoples.
Xi made the remarks in an exchange of congratulatory messages with Zewde on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
In his message, Xi said that for half a century since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Ethiopia, the traditional friendship of the two countries has been strengthened.
In recent years, with the construction of the China-Ethiopia comprehensive strategic cooperation partnership, the two countries have deepened mutual political trust and achieved fruitful cooperative results in various fields, Xi said.
The two sides have understood and supported each other on issues of their fundamental interests and main concerns, and have coordinated closely on international and regional affairs, he said.
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, China and Ethiopia have helped each other in difficult times, setting an example of China-Africa unity in the fight against the pandemic, the Chinese president said.
Noting that he attaches great importance to the development of China-Ethiopia relations, Xi said he is willing to work with Zewde to seize the 50th anniversary opportunity to implement the results of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum, the Beijing Summit and the Extraordinary China. -African Solidarity Summit against COVID-19, enhance cooperation in joint construction of the Belt and Road and make more positive contributions to build a closer China-Africa community with a shared future.
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