Ethiopia, China vow to build closer military links
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
June 29, 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia and China on Monday pledged to set up closer military ties between the two nation’s armed forces.
Senior Chinese and Ethiopian military officials on Monday met in Beijing where the two sides conferred on bolstering joint military cooperation based on their long standing ties.
“The Chinese armed forces attaches great importance to relations with the Ethiopian armed forces,” said Chen Bingde, chief of the General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China, while meeting with Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Ethiopia, Samora Yenus.
Chen hailed the long friendship between the two armed forces, saying the PLA hopes to work with the Ethiopian armed forces to further cement the traditional friendship and expand pragmatic cooperation.
Ethiopia defense forces chief Samora Yenus on his side said that his country is dedicated to building sustainable and solid bilateral relations with China based on friendly cooperation.
“Ethiopia is satisfied with the friendly cooperative relationship between the two armed forces,” he said adding “The Ethiopian armed forces hope to foster closer links with the PLA in the new century to benefit both armed forces”.
Mean while, Ethiopia Foreign Affairs Minister Seyoum Mesfin is on a 4-day official visit in China.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during his stay in china, Seyoum would confer with Chinese officials on various issues of common concern.
He is also expected to discuss with officials of Chinese financial and trade institutions on ways of enhancing cooperation.
(ST)
Wolleyewu
Ethiopia, China vow to build closer military links
I guess this news is a delight for sudanes (editors of sudan tribune) who are preparing to demarcate the new and ambitious map of bigger sudan after the blessing of EPRDF (WOYANEE) Meles Zenawi to take vast and fertile teritory of Ethiopia to them. And again this chines-military cooperation is an important instrument inorder to abolish(override) any movement of the majority of Ethiopians inhabited in those areas from defending their home land either for the benifit of sudan or survaival of EPRDF on power.
Any way Ethiopians did have long time experience to confront civilized world. If you could remember our victory against Italian colonizers.
So whatever conspiracy is plotted by EPRDF to dismantle the integrity of Ethiopia by reaching a number of concenses with the surounding enemies like sudan and others in the far east like China, india, japan and others.
WE will defeat each of them with determination.
Wolleyewu