Source: Xinhua| 2017-07-23 00:13:31|Editor: yanVideo Player CloseADDIS ABABA, July 22 (Xinhua) -- The Ethiopian Minister of Transport Ahmed Shide, who hailed his country's overall relations with China, has called for further strengthening the existing inclusive partnership between the two friendly countries. Shide, in an exclusive interview with Xinhua on Saturday, hailed Chinese engagement with the east African country both in business and people-to-people relations. "We have broadened the partnership in so many areas with infrastructure cooperation being one area, industrial development cooperation another area, agricultural development cooperation is another one together with cooperation in capacity building," he said. Ethiopia's Ministry of Transport supervises the country's overall infrastructure development endeavor that includes airport construction and expansion activities, railway construction projects and road infrastructure developments. Referring to Chinese-funded and built infrastructure development projects in Ethiopia, Shide further noted that the current partnership between Ethiopia and China needs to be strengthened.

Source: Ethiopian News July 22, 2017 16:18 UTC