Ethiopian Minister of State for International Cooperation Meets with Cuban Envoy
ETHIOPIA, February 2, 2012.- H.E. Mohamed Shide, Ethiopian Minister of State for Finance and Economic Development, met with Ambassador Alberto Velazco, Head of Africa Subsaharan at the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs and head of the Cuban delegation to the African Union Summit.
During the fraternal meeting, both officials reviewed the bilateral relations of cooperation. Ethiopian Minister conveyed his Government´s satisfaction for Cuba´s cooperation in Education and Health, as well as the new perspectives in the Agriculture. The Minister also conferred special significance to the recent exchanges in the sugar production area.
Mohamed Shide also recalled the historic ties between Cuban and Ethiopian peoples, stressing that “those ties are sealed with blood and I personally know them well because I come from the Eastern part of the country where Cubans gave their generous lives”. (Cubaminrex)
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