“The opportunity is there for them and we will help and support them,” he said. Mr GebreMariam said, “Today we are connecting what seemingly look like faraway places: Africa and Argentina”. Ethiopian Airlines is a global integrator connecting these countries not only with all countries in Africa but also in Asia, a very good market in China, Japan, Korea, Israel, Middle East, Lebanon and so on,” he added. Mr Gustavo Teodoro Grippo, Argentinian Ambassador to Ethiopia, said, “Ethiopian Airlines debut flight to Buenos Aires has developed a platform to develop partnership between Argentina and Ethiopia on tourism, culture, business, economic growth and sport among other sectors”. Dr Aklilu Hailemichael, State Minister for Foreign Affairs, said “The continued growth of Ethiopian Airlines led to the flourishing of bilateral and multilateral diplomatic relations of the country in the global arena.

Source: Ethiopian News March 09, 2018 16:18 UTC