Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (2nd R), Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin (2nd L) and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit (1st L) attend a joint press conference at the end of the two-day Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, on Nov. 5, 2006. -Xinhua

Chinese, Ethiopian and Egyptian foreign ministers jointly held a press conference here Sunday afternoon, following the two-day Beijing Summit of Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).

Ethiopia is the co-chair of the forum, while Egypt will host the next in 2009.

The Beijing Summit closed earlier Sunday after adopting a historic declaration and an action plan for 2007-2009 in an effort to facilitate China-Africa cooperation in an all-round way.

The landmark gathering highlighted "friendship, peace, cooperation and development".