By Lansana Bayoh Sesay
Sierra Leone’s Ambassador; Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ethiopia, Permanent Representative to the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission For Africa, His Excellency, Ambassador Adekunle Joliff Milton King, has called for strengthening of the bilateral and multilateral relations between Sierra Leone and China.
Ambassador King was speaking during a bilateral cooperation talk on Sierra Leone and China,with China’s
Ambassador to Ethiopia, H. E, Liu Yuxi when the latter paid a courtesy call on him at the Sierra Leone’s Embassy in Addis Ababa.
He highlighted Sierra Leone’s huge investment potentials with much needed value addition in agriculture, tourism, transportation,estates development, fisheries and mining.
The Chinese Envoy, H.E, Liu Yuxi said the Government and People of the People’s Republic of China highly recognized it’s friendship and diplomatic relations with Sierra Leone;which has existed for almost five decades.
He said his visit is to further strengthen the long–standing cooperation between the two countries.
H.E, Ambassador Liu Yuxi said the friendship and diplomatic relations of the two countries has no boundary.
The two envoys discussed plans to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the friendship and diplomatic relations of the two countries in 2021.