ISLAMABAD - Minister for Defence and Defence Production, Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Wednesday called on the Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) where both dignitaries mulled over various avenues to strengthen bilateral and multilateral cooperation in different areas such as defence and aviation. The matter of such utmost importance came under discussion during a meeting between Special Envoy, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of FDR Ethiopia, Jemal Beker Abdula, and Minister for Defence and Aviation who also holds the portfolio of Defence Production, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, an Ethiopian Embassy news release said. Both sides also discussed full spectrum of ongoing bilateral, regional and multilateral cooperation between the two brotherly countries. Khawaja Asif expressed his government’s commitment to increase its presence in the African continent of more than 1.4 billion people with untapped resources. He also apprised the minister about relief and rescue efforts carried out in Gofa region of Ethiopia for permanent relocation of the affected persons.
