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By Xinhua Published: May 05, 2021 05:43 PM
Dagmawit Moges, Ethiopia Minister of Transport, speaks during the graduation ceremony for Ethiopia-Djibouti railway drivers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on May 4, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Ping)
New graduate drivers of Ethiopia-Djibouti railway pose for group photos with representatives from China and Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on May 4, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Ping)
Dejen Gezu, a new graduate driver of the 752.7-km Ethiopia-Djibouti railway is excited as he prepares to embark on his new career.
Gezu was one of the top three graduates of a recent Chinese government sponsored two and a half years rail technology training program, which aims to create a capable and skilled local manpower.
2021-05-04 17:30:34 GMT2021-05-05 01:30:34(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ADDIS ABABA, May 4 (Xinhua) Dejen Gezu, a new graduate driver of the 752.7-km Ethiopia-Djibouti railway is excited as he prepares to embark on his new career.
Gezu was one of the top three graduates of a recent Chinese government sponsored two and a half years rail technology training program, which aims to create a capable and skilled local manpower. From the time of my childhood, I wanted to work such kind of jobs, it is my ambition, Gezu told Xinhua. 34 of us studied for around two and half years and our training was classified into two parts. One part in our country and the other one in China. We stayed for around eight months (in China), it was a really impressive time and it was really good training time. That was very important for us, because we grasped a lot of knowledge, skills and experiences to do our job perfectly, he further said.
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ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) Ethiopian Transport Minister Dagmawit Moges said on Wednesday that he discussed with two Chinese diplomats ways of further strengthening bilateral cooperation with an emphasis on railway projects.
The cooperation on railway projects was one of the areas that require strengthened bilateral cooperation among the two countries, said Moges after a meeting with Zhao Zhiyuan, the newly appointed Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia, and Liu Yu, Minister-Counselor for Economic and Commercial Affairs of China to Ethiopia.
Ethiopia and China have in recent years developed strong cooperation in the development of the railway sector in the East African country, which includes the successful completion of two major railway projects including the Ethiopia-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway and the Addis Ababa Light Railway project.