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DJIBOUTI, 10 November 2026 China's special envoy for African affairs, Liu Xianfa, met Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh in Djibouti on Monday as part of a regional tour that began in Ethiopia and will end in Egypt, the Djiboutian presidency said.
The talks focused on bilateral relations, recently raised to a "global strategic partnership," and on "the main issues on the agenda in the region, which are currently experiencing various tensions and crises," the statement said, without naming specific disputes.
According to the presidency, Liu sought Guelleh's views on the regional situation, describing the Djiboutian leader as experienced in mediating disputes.
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The two sides reviewed cooperation between the two countries, which have close economic and military ties. Djibouti hosts China's only overseas military base, opened in 2017, as well as U.S., French and Japanese bases near the Bab el-Mandeb strait, a key shipping route linking the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
Djibouti's Foreign Minister Abdoulkader Houssein Omar, Secretary General of the Presidency Mohamed Abdillahi Waïss and State Counsellor Fathia Djama Oudine attended the meeting.
The Horn of Africa faces several crises, including the war in Sudan and rising tensions between Sudan and Ethiopia, whose government Khartoum has accused of backing a militia attacking civilian targets.