Addis Ababa — A delegation led by the Executive Director for Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA) Jafar Bedru participated in a high-level international conference in Shanghai, China from 27-28 June 2024. The Executive Director IFA, Jafar Bedru in his Key Note address stressed the urgent need for further China-Africa Cooperation. He underlined that Ethiopia has been benefiting from China-Africa relations, especially in green transitions with the subsequent construction of Industrial parks. He also, stressed that Ethiopia is the Chinese gateway to Africa. Other Ethiopian think tanks such as the Ethiopian Policy Studies Institute (PSI) and the Addis Ababa University Institute for Development Research (IDR) were also in attendance.
