Armenia, Ethiopia Have Potential to Consolidate Collaboration in Various Areas: Ambassador    

 Addis Ababa, June 7/2024(ENA) Armenia’s ambassador to Ethiopia Sahak  Sargsyan said he is working to consolidate the collaboration between his country and Ethiopia in various sectors including education, tourism, industry, mining, trade among others.

In an exclusive interview with ENA, the ambassador highlighted the historical relationships between the two countries.  

According to him, the two countries share common history and quit strong religion and culture ties for several centuries.  

Even if the two countries had strong historical ties, their modern diplomatic relationships was  reestablished in recent few years, he indicated.   

He said the linkage existed  between Ethiopia and Armenia for centuries in terms of religious, historical, and cultural  will be instrumental to further strengthen the ties of the countries. 

Currently, the Armenia embassy has already been opened in Ethiopia and the government of Armenia working to promote multi-sectoral relationship with Ethiopia. 

Ethiopia is important for us (Armenia) not only due to the two countries have strong historical ties but also we have shared vision in the future together with Ethiopia,he said. 

" We share similar values together with Ethiopia and I am trying to promote the collaborations between the two countries in various areas including education, industry, mining, trade among others.”

The ambassador expressed hope that the ties of Ethiopia and Armenia in business and investment will be strengthened in the near future by organizing visits of the business communities of the two nations.  

"There are plans; we are working on, to organize these trips very soon. We have seen a lot of potentials in Ethiopia such as in tourism in which there is a big interest by Armenian in Ethiopia."  

The ambassador specifically, talked about the existing tourism potential in Ethiopia indicating the remarkable tourism sites across the country. 

There is a big interest among the larger public to visit my country and similarly a big interest of Armenians to visit Ethiopia, Sargsyan stated.  

With respect to this, the embassy is working with the Ethiopian Airlines to organize tourism trips, he indicated.