“以前，我的朋友從亞的斯亞貝巴前往吉布提市要花費3天時間，如今只用了11或者12個小時。整趟旅途也很安全。”近日，埃塞俄比亞外交事務研究所總干事莫拉庫(Melaku Mulualem)在接受中新網記者采訪時，對亞吉鐵路極為稱道。莫拉庫還表示，這些年來，埃塞俄比亞同中國展開了一系列合作，包括共建“一帶一路”倡議、簽署綠色低碳發展合作文件等，都為當地民眾帶去了實實在在的好處。(甘甜)

　　“My friend used to travel for 3 days from Addis Ababa to Djibouti city, but now within 11 or 12 hours(via the railway) and with safety also.”said Melaku Mulualem, training director general at the Institute of Foreign Affairs in an interview with China News Network recently.

　　Mulualem added that over the years, Ethiopia and China have carried out cooperation programs under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI) and promoting green and low-carbon development, which have brought a lot of benefits to local people.(Gan Tian)

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