ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's top
legislator Wu Bangguo said here Sunday that China's relations with Ethiopia have
been developing quite rapidly in recent years and have been pushed up to a
higher level.
He made the statement during talks with Speaker of
Ethiopian Council of People's Representatives Teshome Toga.
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Teshome Toga (R), speaker of Ethiopia's
Council of People's Representatives, meets with Wu Bangguo, chairman of
the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, the
country's top legislature, in Addis Ababa on Nov. 9, 2008. (Xinhua/Gao
Jie)
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"Since our countries established foreign relations
with each other, especially, since their comprehensive cooperation partnership
was formed in 2003, high-level exchanges between our two countries have been
more frequent and bilateral trade has been shooting up," Wu said.
"Now our relations have ushered in a new era," he
added.
Wu said that both China and Ethiopia are developing
countries and therefore face the similar issues such as economic development.
The rapid booming of both economies have provided new opportunities for deeper
and wider cooperation.
"This is conducive to the welfare and the basic
interests of both countries and peoples, as well as constructive to world's
peace and prosperity," Wu said.
The Ethiopian speaker agreed with Wu's comments on
relations of the two countries and said that Wu's Africa tour, especially, the
visit to Ethiopia, is of high importance and can further boost bilateral ties.
Teshome Toga also thanked China for its unconditional
support for Ethiopia, adding that the two countries can cooperate better in
trade, investment and finance sectors.
He said that Ethiopia will, as it has done in the
past, continue to stick to "One China" policy and Wu expressed his appreciation
for his Ethiopian counterpart's firm commitment as such.
Wu is on a five-African nation tour. Ethiopia is the
third leg of his two-week-long visit to Africa.
China, Ethiopia vow to consolidate inter-parliament
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Ethiopian Federal Council Speaker Degefi
Bula (R) meets with Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of
China's National People's Congress, the country's top legislature, in
Addis Ababa Nov. 9, 2008. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)
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ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of China' top legislature and Ethiopian
Federal Council said here Sunday that the two countries should strengthen
cooperation between the two countries' legislatures as part of their efforts to
push for improvement of bilateral relations of the two countries as a whole.
Chinese top legislator Wu Bangguo and Speaker of Ethiopian
Federal Council Degefi Bula made the statements during their talks in the
parliament building Sunday morning. Full story
