Chinese Foreign Minister Starts Visit to Ethiopia

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Chinese Foreign Minister Starts Visit to Ethiopia

Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan arrived in Addis Ababa on Thursday, kicking off his three-day visit to Ethiopia.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan arrived in Addis Ababa on Thursday, kicking off his three-day visit to Ethiopia.

In a written statement upon his arrival, Tang said Ethiopia is an ancient civilization and a country of great influence in Africa. In recent years, Ethiopia has scored gratifying achievements in the nation-building efforts under the leadership of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front and is playing an important role in African affairs.

He noted that the two countries have conducted fruitful cooperation in political, economic and trade, cultural, educational and other fields.

The Chinese government and people treasure their friendship with Ethiopia and are ready to work together with the Ethiopian government and people to push the existing friendship and cooperation between the two countries to a new high, he stressed.

Tang and his delegation were warmly welcomed by Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin and other governmental officials at Bole International Airport.

During his visit, the Chinese foreign minister will hold talks with Seyoum and exchange views with state leaders of Ethiopia on bilateral relations and on issues of mutual interest.

This is the second leg of Tang's four-nation tour which will take him to South Africa, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Before his arrival here, he visited Eritrea.

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