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President Isaias Afwerki met and held talks with the Special Envoy of the People’s Republic of China to the Horn of Africa, Ambassador Xue Bing, at Denden Guest House in the evening hours of yesterday, 16 March.
At the meeting, President Isaias Afwerki stressed that the current visit would further consolidate strategic ties between Eritrea & China at this auspicious moment. President Isaias stated that the conditions are favorable to strengthen the strategic ties between the two countries.
In their meeting, President Isaias and Ambassador Bing discussed modalities of deepening their bilateral cooperation in Eritrea’s priority areas of development. Both sides also agreed that the framework of regional economic linkages must be used to promote development cooperation.
Ambassador Xue Bing in his part stressed China’s readiness to contribute toward regional efforts of conflict resolution and for sustainable peace and partnership.
President Isaias referred to the global importance and wished success for the 20th National Congress Chinese Communist Party.
The meeting was attended by Mr. Osman Saleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Presidential Adviser Mr. Yemane Gebreab, and Mr. Hagos Gebrehiwet, Head of Economic Affairs of the PFDJ, as well as Mr. Cai Ge, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Eritrea.
It is to be recalled that the Special Envoy of the People’s Republic of China to the Horn of Africa, Ambassador Xue Bing conducted a similar visit in March this year.
Distributed by APO Group for Ministry of Information, Eritrea
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