May 23/2022/ENA The Northern Corridor that is adjacent to Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (LAPSSET) complements the latter while providing Southern Ethiopia with more port options in the region, Ambassador Meles Alem said. A delegation headed by Ethiopian Ambassador to Kenya, Meles Alem and representatives of the governments of Kenya and South Sudan paid a scoping mission to the Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority (NCTTCA) and other infrastructures from May 17-21, 2022. In the same token, the team visited the Kenya Port Authority (KPA) and other Port Charter Stakeholders at the Port of Mombasa. Ambassador Meles noted that KPA needs to promote the Port of Mombasa in Ethiopian market as it is a landlocked yet most populous country in the region. The Ports of Mombasa and Lamu are not competitive rather complement each other, Mwasinago said, and reiterated the need for leveraging the Ethiopian market.

Source: Ethiopian News May 23, 2022 17:29 UTC