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Ethiopia, Djibouti seek further cooperation on port utilization ADDIS ABABA, March 18
(Xinhua) -- Ethiopian Trade and Industry Minister Girma Birru on Tuesday
expressed fully satisfaction with the encouraging results brought by the
agreement signed last year between Ethiopia and Djibouti on port utilization
. Girma Birru said the
two countries have done their level best to bolster their bilateral
relationship in general and to properly implement the agreement in
particular. Speaking here at the
opening of the 3rd Ethio-Djibouti high level meeting, the minister said the
two countries made significant progress in various development cooperation
during the last eleven months. The implementation of
the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Yellow Card Scheme by the
Djibouti side was also the other important positive development since the
last meeting, Girma said. He said the current
joint meeting would review the development of trade and economic relations
between the two countries. At the session,
Minister of Economy, Finance and Planning in charge of privatization of the
Republic of Djibouti Yacin Elmi Bouh said that the agreements signed between
the two countries were of paramount importance in seeking common solutions to
shared problems. The three-day joint
meeting will review the implementation of the agreement on port utilization
and services to cargo in transit. Publication date: 2003-03-18 |