Eritrean President Meets Chinese Foreign Minister

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Eritrean President Meets Chinese Foreign Minister

Eritrean President Isayas Afewerki on Wednesday spoke highly of Eritrea-China close cooperation and China's sincere support to the Eritrean economic construction.

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Eritrean President Isayas Afewerki on Wednesday spoke highly of Eritrea-China close cooperation and China's sincere support to the Eritrean economic construction.

Isayas made the remarks when he met with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan in the capital of Asmara.

He expressed the belief that China's success in its reform and opening up to the outside world was a great encouragement for the developing countries, saying that it is his hope that the Chinese people would make greater achievements.

Tang said that Eritrea is a young country in Africa and China established its diplomatic relations with Eritrea on the day when it was founded.

He noted that China and Eritrea had conducted fruitful cooperation in the political, economic, health, cultural and educational fields over the past eight years.

Tang stressed that the Chinese government had attached great importance to the deepening of its cooperation with Eritrea and was willing to strengthen consultations and cooperation and further cement close bilateral ties.

The Chinese government had also encouraged and supported Chinese companies to actively participate in Eritrea's economic construction, he said.

Tang said he was sure that with the common efforts, the Sino- Eritrean friendly cooperation would be grown continuously.

On Wednesday, Tang also held talks with Eritrean External Affairs Minister Ali Said Abdella. They exchanged views on bilateral relations and situation in Africa and reached a consensus on a wide ranging of issues.

The two countries also signed several documents of cooperation including bilateral economic and technological cooperation agreement.

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