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President Received Invitation from Indian Prime Minister

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Vol 2. Issue 41
21 September 2015
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President Isaias Afwerki received aletter from Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Damodardas Modi inviting
him to participate at the Africa-India
Summit scheduled to take place from26 to 30 October 2015 in New Delhi.
The formal invitation letter was delivered to President Isaias on 18 September 2015 by Dr. V.K Singh, Ministerof State for External Affairs andOverseas Indian Affairs. Minister
Singh underlined that India was earnestly working to cultivate ties ofcooperation and partnership with Africa. This was predicated in a proper
appraisal of its potential on the one
hand, and, the prospects and opportunities that Africa offers on the other.
President Isaias Afwerki noted thatEritrea endorses the cultivation ofwarm India-Africa ties that are hingedon symmetric relationships and mutualrespect. Within this framework, Eritrea
is keen in fostering partnership withIndia in the sectors of human resources
development, transport and communication services, as well as, agriculture
and food processing.
In a press statement to ERINA, Dr.
Singh emphasized that India is prepared to cooperate with Eritrea in various sectors. The Minister underlinedthat sustainable progress cannot be
guaranteed without nurturing extensive
web of ties of cooperation with partners. In this regard, the Summit is expected to create a vital platform for
African countries to chart out plans ofaction that promote their development
agendas.

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Page 2Eri-News‘Relations between Eritrea and China Developing Smoothly,’
Chinese Ambassador to Eritrea
On 19 September 2015, Eritrea Profile published anarticle by Mr. Qiu Xuejun, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the State of Eritrea, withthe title ‘Now it's the Right Time to Deepen ChinaAfrica Cooperation!’ The following is excerpts
from the article dealing with the relations between
Eritrea and China.

H.E. Ambassador Qiu Xuejun

The relations between China and Eritrea are animportant part in China’s relations with Africancountries. China and Eritrea established diplomatic
relations right on the day of May 24, 1993, when
the State of Eritrea was founded. Ever since then,despite the vicissitude in international situation, ourbilateral relations have been developing smoothlyand healthily, with frequent exchange of friendly
visits, and deepening of cooperation in all areas.
Leaders of our two countries have kept close contacts and communications.
China is Eritrea’s largest trading partner and thetwo countries have fruitful cooperation in the areasof agriculture, mining, infrastructure construction,culture, education, health and people to people exchanges.

Eritrea is a country with a long history and civilization and has breath-taking and beautiful naturalsceneries. Multi-ethnic groups with different religious beliefs live with each other in the country inharmony. The Eritrean people live a peaceful andalive life. Since independence and as one of theyoungest countries in the world, Eritrea has madetremendous progress and achievements in its nationbuilding endeavors. Eritrea is a country with great
potential for development with its rich resources,natural produce and well-educated young talents.
As a young and new developing country with huge
potential for development, there is a huge potential
for cooperation between China and Eritrea in thefields of industry, mining, agriculture, fishing, tourism, aviation, telecommunications and other infrastructures.
China is willing to join hands with Eritrea to further
strengthen the all dimensional bilateral cooperationand continually explore new areas of cooperation. I
am confident that there is a bright prospect for ourfuture bilateral cooperation and this will surely
benefit our two countries and peoples to a larger
extent, and will at the same time make greater contributions to the cause of peace and development in
Africa and the world at large.
The full text of the article can be accessed at:
http://www.shabait.com/eritrea-profile
http://er.chineseembassy.org/eng/sghd/
t1298666.htm

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Eritrea Took Part in the Second Regional Conference on the African Union-Horn ofAfrica Initiative on Human Trafficking and Smuggling of Migrants held in Egypt
An Eritrean Delegation led by Ambassador Araya
Desta, Permanent Representative to the AU and UNECA took part in the Second Regional Conference on
the AU-HoA Initiative on Human Trafficking andSmuggling of Migrants, held on 13 and 14 September
2015 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
The Conference which was attended by countries
from Eastern and Northern Africa, as well as relevant regional and international organizations discussed the implementation of the decisions reachedin the First Conference held in Khartoum in October
2014.
In a presentation made at the Conference, the Eritrean Delegation elucidated that the Government andPeople of Eritrea have been exerting efforts to address the root causes of migration, both pull and pushfactors. Primary among them, ending the illegal occupation of Eritrean territories and the unjust sanctions imposed on the country, and reversing the negative effects of this situation on national development.
In addition, Eritrea has been engaging European
states for them to reconsider their preferential asylum
policies towards Eritreans.

The Delegation also highlighted the activities undertaken by the Government of Eritrea in the areas ofsetting up the necessary coordination framework, aswell in the 4Ps, i.e. prevention, protection, prosecution, and partnership to combat human trafficking andsmuggling.
The Conference called up on all concerned bodies toredouble their efforts in fighting the scourges, and forpartner States and Organizations to support the creation of conducive environment for the promotion ofsustainable development in countries of origin.

Eritrea Hired Lecturers from Kenya
The Eritrean government has hired 35 Kenyans towork as expatriate lecturers in institutions of highereducation.
The lecturers arrived in Asmara in the first week of
September and have started duty.

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Outstanding Performances by Eritrean Athletes at the11 All-Africa Games held in Brazzaville from 4-19 September 2015th♦

2 Gold and 1 Silver Medals in Cycling

Eritrean cyclists dominated both the women’s andmen’s Individual Time Trial (ITT) competition heldon 11 September 2015. In the women’s category,
Mosana Debesay and Wehazit Kidane prevailed overtheir competitors to secure gold and silver medals
respectively. In the men’s race, Meron Teshome became the new Time Trial Champion of the All African Games followed by Gustav Basson of South Africa.

♦Gold and Bronze Medals in HalfMarathon

Olympian athlete Zersenay Tadesse clinched a goldmedal in the Half-Marathon race, while Hizkel Tewolde secured third position. Another Eritrean athlete, Samson Gebreyohannes, was ranked 4th.

Eritrea's Merhawi Kesete Won MattoniÚstí nad Labem Half Marathon 2015 inCzech Republic
Eritrean Athletes Dominated the Austrian
Mountain Race
Eritrean Athletes Abraham Kidane, Pietro Mamo,and Yosief Tekle secured 1st, 2nd and 4th places respectively in the mountain race held in Austria on 6thof September 2015. Over 20 nations participated inthe challenging race.

Merhawi Kesete sprang a surprise to win the MattoniÚstí nad Labem Half-Marathon, on 12 September
2015, beating better known rivals with a time of
1:00:58. Kenyan pair Barselius Kipyego and Eliah
Tirop were second and third.
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