Ethiopia, Czech to Establish Joint Economic Cooperation Commission - ENA English
Ethiopia, Czech to Establish Joint Economic Cooperation Commission
Addis Ababa, November 29/2023 (ENA) Ethiopia and the Czech Republic have agreed to establish a joint economic cooperation commission.
The agreement has come following the discussion between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his Czech counterpart Petr Fiala’ to elevate the existing cooperation between the two countries in various spheres.
Accordingly, the two leaders have reached an agreement to establish a joint economic cooperation commission that would help to translate accords into a tangible actions.
State Minister of Government Communication Service, Selamawit Kasa briefed the media regarding the visit of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to the Czech Republic.
The state minister mentioned that Prime Minister Abiy and his Czech counterpart Petr Fiala have vowed to strengthen cooperation in tourism, especially in heritage protection and research, military, agriculture and economic sectors.
According to her, the establishment of a joint economic cooperation commission that has been agreed by leaders of the two countries is vital to integrate the sectors together and quickly translate them into action.
Selamawit further stated the two leaders have also exchanged views on ways to further elevate the government level relationships of the countries into people-to-people ties and this could be strengthened together with the tourism sector.
To this end, the Prime Minister has requested that an exhibition be held in Prague to promote Ethiopia's history, culture and tourism destinations and Ethiopian Airlines will start direct flights to Prague.
During Prime Minister Abiy’s visit to the city of Brno, which is his second destination in the Czech Republic and he particularly visited Zetor, the Czech agricultural machinery manufacturing campany, she indicated.
As Ethiopia has embarked on agricultural modernization activities, the prime minister called for the company to open a manufacturing facility in Ethiopia by using its great potential and cooperating with the government.