Addis Ababa, April 16, 2021 (Walta) – Ambassador Deriba Kuma has held a virtual meeting with Bertel Haarder, Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee of Danish Parliament (Folketinget) on bilateral and regional issues of mutual interest.
Ambassador Deriba particularly focused on improving situations in the Tigray region, Ethiopia’s desire and efforts to amicably solve the border dispute with Sudan and the status of the negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
He said normalcy is getting back to Tigray and the provision of humanitarian assistance has been enhanced with around 4.5 million beneficiaries reached so far.
Ambassador Deriba also underscored the need for the international community to encourage Egypt and Sudan not to obstruct the AU-led #GERD negotiations for the AU is the ideal platform to handle such African issues.
Bertel Haarder, on his part, stressed the importance of maintaining peace and security and Denmark towards that end is contributing to the Africa Peace Program.
Bertel also pointed out that Danish development cooperation with Ethiopia should be strengthened with a primary focus on SDGs, sustainable agriculture, social development, and women and girls.
According to MoFA, Ambassador Deriba and Haarder agreed to work further to strengthen the cooperation between the two sisterly countries.