{"id":12785,"date":"2026-01-09T08:21:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/12785\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T08:21:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:21:36","slug":"china-ethiopia-pledge-deeper-strategic-partnership-during-wang-yi-africa-visit-dawan-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/12785\/","title":{"rendered":"China, Ethiopia Pledge Deeper Strategic Partnership During Wang Yi Africa Visit | Dawan Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"relative group\"> Significantly, the statement noted China\u2019s support for promoting maritime logistics through access to the sea, a point of interest following recent regional tensions regarding Ethiopia\u2019s maritime ambitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"relative group\">The two sides identified several emerging areas for collaboration, moving beyond traditional infrastructure into the digital economy and green energy. They also agreed to increase exchanges in media, education, and think tanks, designating 2026 as the &#8220;China-Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"relative group\">Ethiopia reaffirmed its commitment to the one-China principle, stating that Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory. For its part, China said it firmly supports the Ethiopian people in exploring a development path that conforms to their national conditions without external interference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"relative group\">The ministers also highlighted their coordination within multilateral frameworks such as the United Nations and the BRICS group of emerging economies, which Ethiopia officially joined recently. The visit concludes a three-day mission by Wang Yi, who is continuing a tour of Africa that includes stops in Somalia, Tanzania, and Lesotho.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Significantly, the statement noted China\u2019s support for promoting maritime logistics through access to the sea, a point of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[63,1100,1104,854,1102,1107,1109,1106,1098,1096,1101,1103,1108,1105,1094,302,83,1099,1028,1095,321,262,65,1097,96,261],"class_list":{"0":"post-12785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ethiopia","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-african-business","10":"tag-african-culture","11":"tag-african-development","12":"tag-african-economy","13":"tag-african-education","14":"tag-african-entertainment","15":"tag-african-healthcare","16":"tag-african-media","17":"tag-african-news","18":"tag-african-politics","19":"tag-african-society","20":"tag-african-sports","21":"tag-african-technology","22":"tag-analysis","23":"tag-breaking-news","24":"tag-business","25":"tag-continental-news","26":"tag-current-affairs","27":"tag-dawan-africa","28":"tag-east-africa","29":"tag-economy","30":"tag-ethiopia","31":"tag-horn-of-africa","32":"tag-news","33":"tag-politics"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}