ADDIS ABABA – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met with President Sauli Niinistö of Finland and his delegation yesterday, Office of Prime Minister reported.
The President expressed his congratulatory message to Prime Minister Abiy for his Nobel Peace Prize win. Stating that the Nobel Prize is 10 percent recognition and 90 percent assignment to work harder for peace, Prime Minister Abiy shared key milestones of the reforms and the development priority areas the government is currently working on and the means by which the Finnish government can support.
The two further discussed the strengthening of Africa-Europe relations grounded in mutual benefits. President Sauli Niinistö will also deliver remarks at the International Conference on Climate Change and a high-level event on women’s economic empowerment
scheduled to take place today.
The President will be one of the keynote speakers at a High-Level Event on Women’s Economic Empowerment, along with President Sahle-Work Zewde and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Executive Director of UN Women. President Niinistö is expected to visit Hamle 19 Primary School, the Finnish Governemnt-funded school, today.Sauli Niinisto will be the first serving Finnish president to visit Ethiopia and it is his first visit to Africa.
The Ethiopian Herald, October 16/2019
BY STAFF REPORTER
