Ethiopia and Russia agreed to work more on boosting their investment as well as trade relation, Tedros Adhanom, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, said. The Minister made the remark after holding a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov.
Ethiopia and Rwanda concluded an air service agreement in the aim of opening one another’s air space. The agreement enables RwandAir and Ethiopian Airlines to operate without restrictions.
Both airlines are bestowed with operating for unlimited frequencies in week for passenger as well as cargo services.
The Samsung conglomerate announced plans, on Thursday, to collaborate with the Ethiopian Revenue and Customs Authority (ERCA) to halt
the import of counterfeit products into the country. The South Korean Corporation is particularly interested in eliminating counterfeit products in the mobile phones sector.
Samsung plans to address the problem of counterfeit products gaining access to the African market according to Jong Oh Lee, Samsung East Africa Regional Market Director. The ‘gray’ or counterfeit products are particularly a problem in the mobile phone sector he said at a press conference at the opening of the Samsung Ethiopia Week.
The long awaited domestic workers recruitment agreement was signed yesterday, May 25, 2017, between Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia. The agreement was signed in Jeddah. The agreement aims at protecting Ethiopian house maids.
Ethiopia and Singapore agreed to tighten their trade and investment relations. The two countries held discussions during the third Ministerial Exchange of Experiences Forum which is held every two years between Singapore and sub Saharan African countries.
