(W. E. Talk) Former Ethiopian official: China’s leadership in modernizing the Global South is exemplary

“I think the Chinese higher leadership in ensuring the Global South modernity is impressive and exemplary, and we have to strengthen it,” said Solomon Tesfaye Telila, former Minister of Cooperation in Ethiopian Embassy in China, in the W.E. Talk with China News Network.

The 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was held from Sept. 4 to 6 in Beijing, China. From Telila's perspective, strengthening cooperation is the only way to modernize the Global South and the FOCAC is one of the best platform to enhance such cooperation. The proverb “A friend is someone you share the path with”shows China’s willingness to stay all the way to modernity with African people. (Wang Gaofei, Wei Chenxi, Wang Fengping)