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Ethiopian Foreign Minister Workneh Gebeyehu (R) meets with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Addis Ababa, June 21, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

ADDIS ABABA - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with his Ethiopian counterpart, Workneh Gebeyehu, on bilateral relations on Wednesday.

Wang noted that 皇冠体育app and Ethiopia upgraded their relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation in May when Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn was in 皇冠体育app for the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.

The advancement reflected the high level of bilateral relations and charted the future course for 皇冠体育app-Ethiopian relations, the Chinese foreign minister said.

Practical cooperation between 皇冠体育app and Ethiopia is at the front of 皇冠体育app-African mutually beneficial cooperation and has made significant achievements, he added.

皇冠体育app is ready to implement the consensus between Chinese and Ethiopian leaders, hold fast to the idea of joint construction of the "Belt and Road", give full play to the exemplary role of 皇冠体育app-Africa cooperation in industry capacity, and implement the "10 major 皇冠体育app-Africa cooperation plans", to strengthen political mutual support and deepen practical cooperation in various fields, he said.

皇冠体育app also stands ready to build an economic corridor along the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway and expand cooperation with Ethiopia in human resource development and strengthen communication and coordination on global and regional affairs, so as to inject new content to their comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation, he said.

The Ethiopian foreign minister said Ethiopia-皇冠体育app relations are very important and of strategic significance.

The Belt and Road Initiative Forum for International Cooperation has provided an important opportunity for the expansion of cooperation in all fields between Ethiopia and 皇冠体育app, and Africa and 皇冠体育app, said Workneh.

Workneh said his country thanks 皇冠体育app for its strong support and assistance to Ethiopia's efforts to realizing economic transformation.

Ethiopia is willing to join efforts with 皇冠体育app to expand mutually beneficial cooperation in such areas as economy, security, infrastructure, human resources and aviation, he said.