Ethiopia's Ambassador, Danish Parliament Foreign Affairs Chairman Discuss Issues of Interest - ENA English
Ethiopia's Ambassador, Danish Parliament Foreign Affairs Chairman Discuss Issues of Interest
April 17/2021/ENA/ Ethiopia’s Ambassador to Sweden and other Nordic countries, Deriba Kuma held a virtual meeting with Bertel Haarder, Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee of Danish Parliament (Folketinget), on bilateral and regional issues of mutual interest.
Ambassador Deriba particularly focused on the improving situation in Tigray region, Ethiopia’s desire and efforts to amicably solve the border dispute with Sudan and the status on the negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He said normalcy is getting back to Tigray and the provision of humanitarian assistance has been enhanced with around 4.5 million beneficiaries reached so far.
The ambassador underscored the need for the international community to encourage Egypt and Sudan not to obstruct the AU-led GERD negotiations since AU is the ideal platform to handle such African issues.
Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee of Danish Parliament, Bertel Haarder stressed the importance of maintaining peace and security.Towards that end, Denmark is contributing to the Africa Peace Program.
According to him, Danish development cooperation with Ethiopia should be strengthened with a primary focus on SDGs, sustainable agriculture, social development and women and girls.
The two sides agreed to work further to strengthen the cooperation between the two sisterly countries.