March 5th--Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of the People's Rally for Progress (RPP) and President of Djibouti, met today with the CPC delegation headed by Guo Yezhou, Vice-minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee.

Guelleh expressed that China is a good partner and a good friend of Djibouti. He hoped that the ruling parties of the two countries could enhance exchanges and cooperation to promote Djibouti-China strategic partnership for in-depth development.

Guo noted that the Chinese side is willing to, together with Djibouti, deepen party-to-party exchanges, and advance China-Djibouti cooperation under the frameworks of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and the Belt and Road Initiative, so as to push relations between the two countries to a higher level.

During his stay in Djibouti, Guo also attended the special conference marking the 40th anniversary of the RPP’s establishment, and held talks with Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh, RPP General Secretary.

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