Diplomatic or service passport holders1 from China and Ethiopia no longer need visas, following the implementation2 of a new exemption3 agreement between the two countries.
中国与埃塞俄比亚将实行新的互免签证协议,两国的外交和公务护照持有者将不再需要签证。
The move was agreed in May last year when Chinese
Premier4 Li Keqiang paid an official visit to Ethiopia.
The arrangement means Chinese and Ethiopian diplomatic or service passport holders will now be able to enter, exit or pass through each others territories for periods of less than 30 days without needing to apply for a visa.
The Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia, La Yifan, said China-Ethiopia cooperation had grown rapidly during the past decade, and the new policy would make
bilateral5 relations much easier.