Russia and Ethiopia See Potential for Cooperation in Energy, Transport and Agriculture, Lavrov Says
11:46 GMT 27.07.2022 (Updated: 11:38 GMT 23.11.2022)
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ADDIS ABABA (Sputnik) - Russia and Ethiopia have identified several promising areas of business cooperation in energy, transport, telecommunications and agriculture and are now geared to explore them, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, Lavrov arrived in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, which is also considered the diplomatic capital of Africa, where he was scheduled to meet the country’s top leadership and discuss the international, regional agenda and bilateral cooperation. He has already held a meeting with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen.
"We considered promising areas for further cooperation between our business people, such as energy, transport infrastructure, telecommunications, information security, agriculture, and extraction of minerals," Lavrov said at a joint press conference after the meeting.
Lavrov said that Russia and Ethiopia had agreed to explore avenues for cooperation in these areas to ensure fruitful results of the next meeting of the intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation, scheduled to take place in Addis Ababa in October.
© Sputnik / Russian Foreign MinistryEthiopian Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attend a meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ethiopian Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attend a meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Lavrov and Mekonnen paid particular attention to further cooperation in trade, economy and investment, as areas showing particular dynamism, the Russian minister said, extolling the long-standing ties between Moscow and Addis Ababa.
"We will work on further diversification of commodity turnover and on the development of modern logistical and financial chains that will ensure the uninterrupted work of our economic operators," Lavrov noted.
The Russian minister started his five-day African tour on Saturday and has already visited Egypt, the Republic of the Congo and Uganda.