STORY: Chinese language training launched to enhance police capacity in Ethiopia
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 21, 2024
DATELINE: Feb. 24, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:26
LOCATION: Addis Ababa
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the launching ceremony of Chinese language training for law enforcement personnel
2. SOUNDBITE: 1 (English): MESFIN ABEBE, President of the Ethiopian Police University
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Amharic): ELSA WASU, Member of the crime investigation department of Ethiopian Federal Police Commission

STORYLINE:

The Confucius Institute of Addis Ababa University launched Chinese language training for law enforcement personnel in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, Wednesday, aiming to enhance cultural exchanges and offer better services to Chinese nationals in Ethiopia.

Organized by the Ethiopian Police University, the language proficiency training will run for three months with about 24 police officers selected from different departments.

SOUNDBITE: 1 (English): MESFIN ABEBE, President of the Ethiopian Police University
"Having this special training of Chinese language for our officers is the most important thing that we have - a way to open the gate to just mix our languages and mix our culture and learn more from your culture, from your civilization and benefit more from China."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Amharic): ELSA WASU, Member of the crime investigation department of Ethiopian Federal Police Commission
"They (the Chinese) are present in different parts of our country, engaging in construction and other sectors. In particular, they come to our office, looking for legal services. We have been communicating with them through an interpreter. If I speak their language, I will have better communication and achievements. That is what I believe."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Addis Ababa.
(XHTV)