Yemeni president receives message from Chinese counterpart

Yemeni President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi met on Thursday Chinese ambassador to Yemen Chang Hua to discuss areas of cooperation relations between the two countries, Saba news agency reported. During the meeting, the ambassador handed over president Hadi a wrtitten message from his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, in which he expressed the strength of the Yemeni-Chinese friendship and the two countries’ diplomatic relations which established 57 years ago. In his letter, the Chinese president stressed his country’s full support for Yemen’s political transition and economic reconstruction, expressing China’s willingness to strengthen cooperation with Yemen in all fields. Hadi stressed the importance of cooperation and partnership between Yemen and China in the field of economy, including the rehabilitation of two textile factories in Sana’a and Aden, in addition to strengthening trade and navigational relations between the two countries. He also praised Chinese investments in the fields of oil and gas in Yemen.