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SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MISSION IN ERITREA, ETHIOPIA UNTIL 15 SEPTEMBER UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1531 (2004) 12 Mar 20
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Eritrea, China sign 1.8m dollars development agreement


BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Jun 01, 2004

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Eritrea's Foreign Minister Mr Ali Sayyid Abdallah, who is paying an official working visit to China, today, 1 June, held talks with his Chinese counterpart, Mr Li Zhaoxing, on bilateral and international issues.

During the meeting, Mr Ali Sayyid expressed satisfaction with the growing relations between the two countries and reiterated the Eritrean government's wishes to further strengthen the existing relations and cooperation.

After briefing Mr Li on the Eritrean- Ethiopian peace process, Mr Ali Sayyid said that the international community, and specially the guarantors of the Algiers peace agreement did not fulfil their responsibilities regarding the implementation of the Boundary Commission's ruling. He called on the government of China, as an important country and as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, to play its due role in the implementation of the Algiers peace agreement.

The Chinese foreign minister, Mr Li, on his part lauded the growing Eritrean-Chinese relations and said that the two countries share similar stand on international issues.

On the Eritrean-Ethiopian border issue, Mr Li said that his country and the UN Security Council believe the speedy implementation of the final and binding ruling of the Boundary Commission and both countries to concentrate on economic development tasks. He said his country would play its due role in this issue.

Mr Li lauded the warsay-yikealo development programme undertaken by the Eritrean government and gladly accepted an invitation extended to him by Minister Ali Sayyid Abdallah to visit Eritrea.

Meanwhile, the Eritrean delegation led by Foreign Minister Ali Sayyid Abdallah met with Chinese assistant minister of trade, Mr Wei Jiang [phonetic], and assessed the economic and trade cooperation between the two countries.

The Eritrean delegation and the government of China concluded an agreement on development assistance worth 15m Yuan [1.8m US dollar]. [Passage omitted].

Source: Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, Asmara, in Tigrinya 1700 gmt 1 Jun 04

 

 
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