On February 26, 2020, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Ethiopia Barlybay Sadykov held two meetings at the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - with the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Mr. Redwan Hussein, and the Permanent Secretary for Africa, the African Union and the Middle East, Mкs. Voinchet Tadesse.

During the meeting with State Minister R. Hussein, Ambassador B. Sadykov outlined Kazakhstan’s approaches to developing cooperation with Ethiopia, noting its great potential and high level of mutual understanding and trust between the parties. He suggested specific areas of possible interaction in the political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres.

R. Hussein mentioned the positive experience of cooperation with Kazakhstan, including within the UN Security Council, noting that the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry fully supports the development of comprehensive cooperation between the two countries and will take concrete steps in this direction in cooperation with the Embassy

of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Ethiopia, including according to the proposals of the Kazakhstan side.

During the meeting with Ms. V. Tadesse, the parties exchanged views on the outcomes of the 33rd Assembly of the African Union held on February 9-10 this year. V.Tadesse spoke about approaches to conflict resolution in Africa, ongoing structural transformations in the AU Commission, as well as preparations for the launch on July 1 this year of the African free trade zone.