Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Monday the
ever-growing Ethio-Chinese bilateral cooperation should be enhanced
in a more consolidated manner.
While meeting with Zhai Jun, China's assistant foreign minister,
Meles said the multi-faceted cooperation between the two countries
in the fields of investment, trade, and human resources
development, among others, is ever strengthening and
encouraging.
According to an Ethiopian Foreign Ministry official, who
attended the meeting, Meles said the two countries, which have
enjoyed consolidated relations, should strive to further these good
relations in the years ahead.
Zhai, who is also Chinese secretary-general of the preparatory
committee of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Beijing Summit,
told journalists after the meeting that his visit is aimed at
reporting to Meles on the summit's preparatory work.
He said the summit would be an opportunity in which Chinese and
African leaders would discuss the establishment of a new type of
strategic partnership, featuring political equality and mutual
trust, win-win economic cooperation and cultural exchanges.
(Xinhua News Agency October 10, 2006)
