"If one analyses the Africa-China cooperation and what this relationship has delivered, it provides a different perspective," Seyoum said, adding that China's role has to be viewed first from the perspective of the choices that the new relationship provides for Africa and the opportunities it offers to China.

Seyoum, also Ethiopia's former ambassador to China, stressed that the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, since its inception some six years ago, "has been a constant point of discussion, capturing the imagination and interest of the global community. It is correctly dubbed as project of the century."

The Belt and Road Initiative refers to the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road which are designed to build a trade and infrastructure network connecting Asia with Europe, Africa and beyond.

According to Seyoum, the BRI "not only revives ancient trade routes between Asia and Europe, but also builds new links interconnecting the Middle East, South America and Africa."

Seyoum further emphasized the BRI's importance to Africa and the rest of the world due to its "geo-political implications and, more importantly, the cooperation framework the initiative presents to the developing world."

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