Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with Ethiopian President Girma
Wolde Giorgis on Monday in Addis Ababa.?
Premier Wen said the relationship between China and Ethiopia has
a long history and that the bilateral relations has been developing
fast recently with abundant achievements.
As developing countries, mutual trust in politics, mutual
respect, equal treatment to each other are the precondition of
further development of bilateral cooperation, Wen said.
Wen said China respects the development road chosen by the
Ethiopian people, and is willing to work with the Ethiopian side to
improve the friendship among the peoples and expand
mutual-beneficial cooperation.
Girma said he hoped Premier Wen's visit and the ongoing Second
Ministerial Conference of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum are
successful.
He said the friendly relationship between China and Ethiopia has
developed smoothly, with many results achieved in different areas
of cooperation.
He welcomed more and more Chinese companies to take part in the
economy construction of Ethiopia.
(Xinhua News Agency December 16, 2003)
