Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed yesterday met with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
The Ethiopian Premier arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after concluding his two-day state visit to Saudi Arabia.
During the meeting, the two leaders discussed ways of boosting ties of friendship and cooperation and took a stock of an array of the latest regional and global issues of mutual concern.
They also explored the prospects of bilateral cooperation across the economic, trade and investment fields in order to serve mutual interests.
The Ethiopian Premier highlighted the strong and special ties between Ethiopia and the UAE, expressing his confidence that the bilateral ties would see steady growth in various domains.
He described the UAE as a 'successful role model' in the region thanks to the wisdom and far-sighted vision of the late founding father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan, and the keenness of President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to pursue this model of prudent leadership, which catapulted the UAE to the ranks of advanced nations.
Sheikh Mohamed for his part expressed his hope that the working visit of Dr Abiy Ahmed to the UAE would contribute towards furthering UAE-Ethiopia's cooperation ties in a manner that meets aspirations of the friendly leaderships and peoples in both countries.
Sheikh Mohamed emphasized the UAE's firm policy of expanding its ties with friendly countries based on mutual respect, confidence and understanding and the delivery of mutual benefits.
''The UAE and Ethiopia are maintaining good, evolving ties within the framework of the two leaderships' keenness to further solidifying these ties and cooperation,'' he stated.
Source: WAM