Addis Ababa, March 28, 2022 (Walta) – State Minister of the Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Ambassador Redwan Hussien, has participated in the 8th Ministerial meeting of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD).
The two-day online Ministerial meeting is chaired by HAYASHI Yoshimasa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan.
In his remarks, Ambassador Redwan appreciated the commitment of Japan to cooperate with African countries under TICAD and with Ethiopia, in particular, under Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Quality and Productivity Improvement (Kaizen) projects.
He also appreciated the government of Japan for providing COVID-19 vaccines to Ethiopia, further stressing the need to increase economic support given the straining pressure of the pandemic on African economies.
The Ambassador explained encouraging steps taken to transform the economy in Ethiopia under the Home Grown Economic reform and the 10-year economic plan further calling Japan for sustained support.
Besides stressing the need to cement Africa-Japan ties in trade, investment, technology transfer, and human development, Ambassador Redwan called on Japan to work with Africa in concretizing aspirations for sustainable peace and development under Agenda 2063.
Participants, including Foreign Ministers from African countries, will deliberate priority issues for African development looking ahead to the post-COVID-19 era based on the three pillars; Economy, Society, and Peace and Stability.