Ethiopian officials, experts hail BRI as mutually beneficial cooperation

STORY: Ethiopian officials, experts hail BRI as mutually beneficial cooperation DATELINE: July 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting 2. various of the railway 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALEMU SIME, Ethiopian Minister of Transport and Logistics 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ABDI ZENEBE, Chief executive officer of the EDR 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BEYENE PETROS, Director general of the Policy Studies Institute, Ethiopia STORYLINE: Ethiopian experts and policymakers attending a high-level meeting on Friday hailed the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a mutually beneficial cooperation platform advancing socioeconomic development in Ethiopia and beyond. Themed "China-Ethiopia Building Belt and Road," the roundtable meeting brought together senior Ethiopian government officials, Chinese diplomats in Ethiopia, officials from the Ethiopia-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway Share Company (EDR), heads of different think tanks, as well