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ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 27-- Reiterating remarkable achievements in China-Ethiopia relations in the year 2019, including the cooperation on successful launch of Ethiopia's first ever remote sensing satellite, dubbed ETRSS-1, this month, the Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia Tan Jian said the coming 2020 year would be historic, whereby the two countries elevate the ties to a higher level, with realization of more achievements in different projects. Tan Jian was speaking to a press conference later Friday in Addis Ababa, capital of the East African country, where he mentioned achievements in different arenas, including in the political, economic, capacity building, health, education, and hi-tech areas. "Driven by the momentum gathered from the Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), and the Belt and road Initiative, notable achievements were achieved in China-Ethiopia relations in 2019," he said. The year to be wrapped up within few days has seen frequent exchanges of high-level visits, including Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's visit to China, that have featured signing of various bilateral cooperation agreements and fruited steady development of bilateral relations oriented under new circumstances, according to the ambassador. On the economic front, bilateral pragmatic cooperation has achieved remarkable progress, in the areas including among others, the Addis Ababa Riverside Green Development Project, Ethiopia-Djibouti railway project, oil and gas project, and airport expansion project, he said. | 
