On December 13, Wang Chao, President of the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA), met with Ethiopian Ambassador to China Tefera Derbew Yimam. The two sides exchanged views on China-Ethiopia relations, China-Africa relations, enhancing people-to-people exchanges and cooperation between the two countries, and other issues of common interest.

Wang Chao said that China and Ethiopia are all-weather strategic partners, and the bilateral relations have always been at the forefront of China-Africa cooperation. In recent years, China and Ethiopia have maintained frequent high-level exchanges. Political mutual trust has continued to deepen, and cooperation in various fields has yielded fruitful results. In September this year, the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was held successfully. Leaders of China and African countries agreed to elevate China-Africa relations to an all-weather community with a shared future in the new era, providing new political guidance to the development of China-Africa and China-Ethiopia relations. CPIFA is ready to work with the Ethiopian side to deepen people-to-people exchanges between the two countries and build more bridges of friendship and mutual learning as we implement the outcomes of the FOCAC Beijing Summit, to cement public support for solidarity and cooperation, jointly make the China-Ethiopia all-weather strategic partnership more productive, and inject new impetus into the China-Africa all-weather community with a shared future.

Ambassador Tefera said that he felt greatly honored to witness the upgrading of Ethiopia-China relations to an all-weather strategic partnership during his ambassadorship. During the FOCAC Beijing Summit this year, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali and the Chinese leaders agreed to maintain close high-level exchanges and step up cooperation in various fields between the two countries. CPIFA is a prestigious institute with rich experience in people-to-people diplomacy. The Ethiopian embassy hopes to work with CPIFA to boost the exchanges between think-tanks and personnel interflow between the two countries, and will play an active role for the further growth of the bilateral relations.

CPIFA Vice President Zou Xiaoli was present at the meeting.