“以前，我的朋友从亚的斯亚贝巴前往吉布提市要花费3天时间，如今只用了11或者12个小时。整趟旅途也很安全。”近日，埃塞俄比亚外交事务研究所总干事莫拉库(MelakuMulualem)在接受中新网记者采访时，对亚吉铁路极为称道。莫拉库还表示，这些年来，埃塞俄比亚同中国展开了一系列合作，包括共建“一带一路”倡议、签署绿色低碳发展合作文件等，都为当地民众带去了实实在在的好处。(甘甜)

“Myfriendusedtotravelfor3daysfromAddisAbabatoDjibouticity,butnowwithin11or12hours(viatherailway)andwithsafetyalso.”saidMelakuMulualem,trainingdirectorgeneralattheInstituteofForeignAffairsinaninterviewwithChinaNewsNetworkrecently.

Mulualemaddedthatovertheyears,EthiopiaandChinahavecarriedoutcooperationprogramsundertheframeworkoftheBeltandRoadInitiative(BRI)andpromotinggreenandlow-carbondevelopment,whichhavebroughtalotofbenefitstolocalpeople.(GanTian)