Egyptian PM leads a delegation to visit Ethiopia

September 17th, 2009 | EthioPolitics.com |

The Egyptian Prime Minister Dr. Ahmed Nazif, is due to visit Ethiopia in October at the head of a delegation of businessmen and Egyptian investors to boost bilateral cooperation between Egypt and Ethiopia in various areas of development in addition to their joint water projects, APA learns here.

Speaking to the press in Cairo on the matter on Wednesday, the Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Amin Abaza, said that the Prime Minister will be accompanied on his visit to Ethiopia by several cabinet ministers.

Abaza noted that the visit of Prime Minister Nazif to Ethiopia comes in the wake of the directives by President Hosni Mubarak to boost investment in various fields with the Nile Basin countries and the African continent in general for the benefit of the people.

The minister explained that the aim of the visit was to channel Egyptian investments to the Nile Basin countries to create mutual interests in all fields, adding that many private companies and businessmen have expressed their readiness to go to invest in Ethiopia on condition of receiving guarantees for their investments through the agreements signed between the two countries.

The minister added that importation of meat from Ethiopia, is part of the Egyptian government’s keenness to import the food from other African countries, saying his ministry has decided to send an Egyptian permanent resident veterinary mission to Ethiopia to ensure the safety of the meat imported from there.

APA