40 years of Djibouti ties hailed

China stands ready to work with Djibouti to implement the results of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and bring bilateral ties to a new stage, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday.

Xi made the remark during an exchange of congratulations with Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh on the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

In his congratulatory message to Guelleh, Xi said bilateral ties have developed healthily and steadily over the past four decades with mutual understanding and support for each other's respective core interests and major concerns as well as fruitful cooperation in various fields.