PÉKIN, 22 October 2026 (#ADI) – Djibouti Foreign Minister Abdoulkader Houssein Omar has been making his first official visit to China since Monday. He met in Beijing with his counterpart Wang Yi.
The stay, which is due to end on 24 October, is at the invitation of Mr Wang Yi. According to the communiqué, it is part of the “common will of the two governments” to consolidate their political and diplomatic dialogue and to deepen their cooperation.
The discussions took place “in a climate of cordiality and mutual respect,” the text says. They focused on the main areas of the bilateral partnership: political, economic and institutional cooperation, infrastructure, investment and trade prospects.
The two Ministers also raised several regional and international issues of common interest. They stressed the need to continue their dialogue, both bilaterally and in multilateral forums.
Mr Abdoulkader Houssein Omar is accompanied by an important delegation. It includes the Ambassador of Djibouti to China, Abdallah Abdillahi Miguil, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan, and the Minister of Budget, Simon Mibrathu. It also includes the Ministry’s Director of International Cooperation, Mouna Yonis Hoche, two colonel-majors, Mohamed Kayed Nadji and Aden Doualeh Warsaw, the latter military attaché at the Embassy, and the Embassy’s First Counsellor, Omar Idriss Farah.
