Norway Pledges Technical, Academic Assistance to EthiopiaJanuary 24, 2018 - Ethiopian foreign minister, Dr Workneh Gebeyehu and his Norwegian counterpart, Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide, discussed national, regional and international issues of common interest. Their discussion mainly focused on development process in Ethiopia and ways of facilitating Norwegian technical and academic assistance in a number of sectors, such as education, health, migration, peace and security. The two sides have also deliberated at length on Ethio-Norwegian development cooperation as well as ways of further facilitating the wider and deeper participation of Norwegian businesses in Ethiopia, especially in the creation of jobs for the youth. In this regard, the Ethiopian foreign minister extended his thanks to the Norwegian Government for its long history of development and humanitarian assistance to and cooperation with Ethiopia. During their deliberations, the two Foreign Ministers also Norwegian Minister for Foreign Affairs for her part commended Ethiopia’s unrelenting efforts to bring about peace and order among the conflicting parties in South Sudan through bilateral and multilateral arrangements such as the IGAD and the Troika, to which Norway belongs.

Source: Ethiopian News January 25, 2018 02:37 UTC