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ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 11-- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi's recent visit to Ethiopia has underlined the historic Ethiopia-China ties as well as commitments towards their strategic partnership, an Ethiopian scholar said on Friday. "Indeed, Foreign Minister Wang has underlined that China and Ethiopia are close friends and strategic partners," Costantinos Bt. Costantinos, who served as an economic advisor to the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), told Xinhua on Friday, while referring to the remarks made by Wang during his visit to the East African country last week. Wang, during his meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, said that the friendship between Ethiopia and China has withstood the tests of fluctuating international situations and is unbreakable. Costantinos emphasized China's engagement in Ethiopia and Africa, noting that China currently stood as the single largest bilateral financier of infrastructure in Africa, exceeding the combined total of the African Development Bank (AfDB), European Union, International Finance Corporation, World Bank and Group of Eight (G8) countries. Costantinos, also professor of public policy at the Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, also echoed Wang's comments rejecting allegations that financial problems, including national debts, which African countries face, are the result of their cooperation with China. | 
