Ethiopia and China held an official celebration on the golden jubilee anniversary of establishment of diplomatic ties, the Ethiopian Embassy in Beijing disclosed on Saturday. The seminar brought together dozens of participants including diplomats, the Ethiopian community in China, Chinese business associations, universities and prominent media outlets. Ethiopia and China established diplomatic ties in 1970, with the two countries in recent years forging closer economic, political, social and cultural ties. Toga further disclosed Ethiopia is in talks with the Chinese government on possible partnership in the east African country’s planned post-COVID-19 economic recovery program. Ethiopia, east Africa’s most populous nation has recorded 124,652 COVID-19 cases and 1,937 COVID-19 related deaths as of Saturday morning.

Source: Ethiopian News January 03, 2021 06:00 UTC