Mexico’s FM, business delegates to visit Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, 19 June 2014 (WIC) - A high-level business delegation led by Mexico’s Foreign Minister will come to Addis Ababa for an official visit to Ethiopia, Ambassador Alfredo Miranda disclosed.

In an exclusive interview with Ethiopian News Agency, Mexico’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, Alfredo Miranda, said Mexico’s Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade Kuribrena will arrive here in October 2014 leading a big delegation of investors engaged in textiles and agriculture.

During their stay in Ethiopia, the business delegates will confer with members of the Ethiopian business community, Ethiopian and Addis Ababa chambers of commerce and sectoral associations as well as the Ethiopian Investment Agency, it was indicated.

According to the ambassador, the business delegates will deliberate on how they could jointly work in partnership with their Ethiopian counterparts, in addition to assessing the general trade and investment environment in Ethiopia.

The ambassador also stressed his country’s commitment to work with Ethiopia to eradicate poverty, which is the enemy of both countries.

He recalled the signing of the agreement between Addis Ababa University and National Autonomous University of Mexico to work together in science and technology, research and scholarship, among others, as an effort to bolster relations of the two countries in higher education.

The countries are working closely in curbing climate change, fighting terrorism and drug trafficking, according to Ambassador Miranda.

He further expressed his special appreciation to the effort Ethiopia has been exerting to bring peace and stability in East Africa.

Ethiopia and Mexico established diplomatic relations 65 years ago. (ENA)