President ready to work more with Ethiopia

President Xi Jinping expressed China's readiness to expand pragmatic cooperation with Ethiopia on Wednesday, saying the nation supports it in leveraging its strengths as a regional transportation hub to build a rail-sea intermodal transportation network in East Africa and a demonstration area for high-quality Belt and Road cooperation.

Xi made the remarks during a meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

He said China-Ethiopia relations have become a good example of friendship and cooperation between China and Africa, with a strong foundation of political mutual trust and the continuous advancement of high-standard cooperation in various fields between the two countries.