Kazakhstan and Ethiopia intend to actively develop bilateral cooperation

Addis Ababa, June 27, 2023 – Kazakhstan and Ethiopia plan to increase bilateral political, trade and economic cooperation and interaction in international organizations. This was discussed at the meeting of the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Ethiopia, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the African Union Barlybay Sadykov with the State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia Mesganu Arga, who oversees cooperation with all foreign states and international organizations.

B.Sadykov informed the interlocutor about the progress of political and economic reforms in Kazakhstan, the results of the Astana International Forum and the participation of the delegation of Ethiopia headed by the former President of the country Dr.M.Teshome, as well as the successful visit of the delegation of Ethiopian businessmen to Kazakhstan in June 2023.

During the meeting, the parties paid special attention to the discussion of the issues of the upcoming second round of political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and Ethiopia in early July this year in Astana.  M.Arga highly appreciated the level of political cooperation between the two countries, including within the framework of international organizations and expressed interest in further development of cooperation with Astana.

 Opportunities to increase bilateral trade between Kazakhstan and Ethiopia were also on the agenda of the meeting. M.Arga expressed the interest of the Ethiopian side in meeting with major businessmen of Kazakhstan to discuss the prospects for opening joint ventures in the field of production and supply of metallurgical products, building materials, petrochemicals, fertilizers and food to Ethiopia. The Ethiopian side also showed great interest in the exchange of experience in the field of IT technologies, attracting investment, the financial sector, etc.

In addition, the parties discussed topical issues of cooperation in the consular and legal sphere, in particular, the provision of legal assistance at the request of the parties.

For reference: In the system of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia there are two posts of Deputy Minister, one of which is responsible for political and economic cooperation, the second for protocol, administrative, technical and financial issues.

Ethiopia is the largest landlocked country in the world, the second largest country in Africa with a population of 120 million people, the political center of the African Union, which includes 55 member states.

Kazakhstan and Ethiopia established diplomatic relations On September 5, 2011, Kazakhstan opened an Embassy in Addis Ababa in December 23, 2014.

On September 21, 2016, a Memorandum on political consultations was signed between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Ethiopia.