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Permanent Mission of the State of Eritrea to AU
and UNECA
Press Section
Silver Jubilee Independence Celebrations Commenced
with the Lighting of the Independence Torch
Eritrea’s Silver Jubilee Independence
Celebrations commenced on 15 January through a ceremony of lighting of
the Independence Torch in the historic town of Nakfa.

The Independence Torch will cover
more than three thousand kilometersin all the Regions of the country andreach Asmara, Eritrea’s capital onIndependence Day, 24 May 2016.
Extensive preparations are alreadyunderway inside the country andabroad for the celebration of the Silver Jubilee of Independence Day
under the theme “Quarter of Centuryof Resilience and Development”.
The Silver Jubilee Independence
Day celebrations will include cultural shows, symposiums, sports
competitions, military parades, carnivals as well as children’s programs. Thousands of Eritreans residing abroad and friends of Eritrea areexpected to participate at the celebrations.

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21 January 2016
Inside Pages:
National Union ofEritrean Women
Delegation Paid aWorking Visit toChina2

15th Eritrean
Festival in Australia 2
and New Zealand
FOCAC Summit
Brings New
Opportunities to the3Further Deepeningof China-Eritrea
Cooperation

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea
Contact Addresses:

The Government of Eritrea reaffirms its
strategic neighborly ties with Saudi
Arabia and condemns the violation perpetrated against the Embassy of Saudi
Arabia in Tehran.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Stateof Eritrea
Asmara, 5 January 2016

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National Union of Eritrean Women Delegation Paid a Working Visit to China
A senior delegation of the National Union of Eritrean
Women (NUEW) led by the President, Ms. Teka Tesfamichael, paid a working visit to the People’s
Republic of China (PRC) from 22 to 27 December
2015.
The delegation met and held talks with Ms. Meng
Shio Si, Vice Chairwoman of the All China
Women’s Federation (ACWF). At the meeting, Ms.
Teka Tesfamicael elucidated the overall role of Eritrean women in the nation building process. Ms.
Meng Shio Si for her part affirmed the readiness ofthe ACWF to reinvigorate the existing ties of cooperation between the two unions.

The NUEW Delegation also visited various cities in
the PRC for similar talks with its counterparts.

15th Eritrean Festival in Australia and New Zealand
The 15th Eritrean Festival in Australia and NewZealand was successfully held in Melbourne from 710 January 2016. The Festival was attended byEritreans and friends of Eritrea from Australia andNew Zealand and included programs depicting
Eritrea’s rich cultural diversity. Exhibitions, sports
competitions, seminars and children programs werepart of the three day Festival. Messages of solidarity
were delivered at the Festival by Australian government officials and friends of Eritrea.

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FOCAC Summit Brings New Opportunities to the Further Deepening ofChina-Eritrea Cooperation
First, China and Eritrea share identical orsimilar views on international affairs such as
the upholding of international justice, theprinciples of international law, the humanrights etc., and support each other in the international arena.
We should further consolidate our politicalcooperation based on these shared values.

Excerpts from an Article by Ambassador Qiu
Xuejun, Ambassador of the People’s Republicof China to the State of Eritrea, published onEritrea Profile on 13 January 2016.
China and Eritrea have maintained sound and healthybilateral relations in all areas since establishing diplomatic relations.
And now I am confident to say that new opportunities have come for the further deepening of ChinaEritrea relations and cooperation. On 4-5 Decemberof 2015, the Summit of the Forum on China-Africa
Cooperation themed “Africa-China Progressing
Together: Win-Win Cooperation for Common Development” (the FOCAC Summit) was held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The summit was a complete success and a truly historic grand event of milestone significance. During
the Summit, China and Africa have come up withnew plans, new blueprint and new momentum tojointly develop together.
Based on the already sound and healthy China andEritrean bilateral relations, we are now faced withgreater opportunities to further deepen our relationsin the following areas:

Second, we should further deepen and diversify our economic win-win cooperation in
the areas of industry, mining, agriculture,infrastructure such as roads, ports, aviation, solar
power and telecommunication, and development of
human resources, bringing more tangible and real
benefits to our two peoples.
Third, we should encourage more exchanges between
our two peoples at different levels in the areas of education, culture, sports, health, media, people’s organizations of workers, women, youth and students, thus
further enhancing our mutual understanding, mutual
learning and bringing the hearts of our two peoples
closer, laying a solid social foundation for the long
lasting friendship between our two countries.
Both the Chinese and Eritrean people are great peoples. We are all on our long march of nation building.
China is striving for the achievement of the two Centenary Goals by the mid of the Century and Eritrea ismoving steadfast on its road of development throughresilience.
We are strong and good partners in this grand cause.
Let’s join hands together and seize the opportunitiesto further deepen China-Eritrea cooperation in all areas to the benefit of our two countries and peoples toa larger extent.

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