August 16, 2016(WIC)- State Minister of Agriculture and Natural resources, Wondirad Mandefro, said ensuring intensive partnership between Ethiopia and United States of America in the agriculture sector is timely given that his country is committed towards realizing agricultural transformation.
The state minister made the remark today in his key-note address to the workshop aimed to enhance Ethio-US all-round partnership, particularly in maximizing food security through higher education linkages.
According to Wondirad, Ethio-US cooperation is growing by the day as the two countries are working hard to enhance partnerships in a range of sectors, particularly in areas of education and agriculture that are instrumental in boosting the bilateral cooperation into new heights.
US Ambassador to Ethiopia, Patricia M. Haslach said Ethiopia and the US are forging exemplary bilateral cooperation, describing the current initiative to enhance the partnership in the area of higher-education, as a proof in such score, the website of Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.
Ambassador Haslach added that Ethiopia's growth and stability has created conducive environment to scale up the institutional linkages among Ethiopian and American universities through which partnerships in areas of agriculture and food security could further be bolstered.
Former U.S Ambassador to Ethiopia, Ambassador Tibor Nagi shared his perspectives on the overall development he has witnessed during his tenure in the country particularly in education sector development and infrastructural expansion.
Ambassador Nagi also hailed the success the country has registered in the development of educational infrastructure, expansion of universities and a rise in women enrollment.
High-level government officials, diplomats as well as representatives of a number of institutions of higher learning from both countries are taking part in the workshop. (ENA)