Qatari advance team led by led by Khalaf Ahmed Al Menaa, Deputy Minister of Finance and Economy arrived, Addis Ababa, on Wednesday (October 24).
The advance team's purpose of visit is to negotiate draft agreements which will be signed by Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasim Bin Jabir Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of State of Qatar who is expected to visit Ethiopia in early November and asses the possible areas of investment and trade and finance cooperation between the two countries. The team met with Ahmed Shide, State Minister of Finance and Economic Development on Thursday (October 25). Ahmed Shide, on the occasion hailed the visit of the team as a milestone event ushering a new era of cooperation between the two countries. He in particular noted that the visit of the Prime Minister of Qatar will be an important step in the bilateral relations between the two countries. Experts drawn from the Ministry of Mines and the Ethiopian Investment Agency gave presentations to the team on the investment opportunities in Ethiopia. The team members in their remarks after the presentation highlighted enormous opportunity for cooperation between the two countries. After the presentations the team discussed on most of the draft agreements with a view to finalize and table them for signing during the visit of the Prime Minister
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