• Ethiopia to dispatch emergency team to Turkiye
BY YESUF ENDRIS
ADDIS ABABA – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) signed an agreement yesterday that enables the latter to open a liaison office here in Addis Ababa.The agreement was signed by Ethiopia’s Foreign Affairs State Minister Ambassador Misganu Arega and ACBF’s Executive Secretary Mamadou Biteye. Speaking at the occasion, the state minister stated that ACBF’s decision to open a liaison office in Addis Ababa is of great significance to build the capacity of Ethiopia’s institutions.
“The foundation is known for building the capacity of various institutions in AU member states and its coming to Ethiopia will have a paramount importance for us. Ethiopia wants to benefit from this organization and we have many areas to cooperate closely.” Misganu added: “I believe executing the mandate of this agency is executing the heads of state’s decision… so, the opening of the liaison office in Ethiopia will facilitate the AU and UNECA’s programs of capacity building.”
Owing to Addis Ababa being the seat of many international organizations including the AU and UNECA, this agreement is extremely important for the foundation, ACBF’s Executive Secretary Mamadou Biteye said. “The agreement will help us to discharge our mandate with the AU and to oversee cooperation in building institutional capacity. It will also allow us to enhance our cooperation with the Ethiopian government in human resource capacity building.”
Mentioning the foundation’s launching of a five-year strategy on building skills and human capacity frontiers, Biteye claimed that the agreement was coming at “the critical time.” Meanwhile, Ambassador Misganu announced Ethiopia’s readiness to send emergency aid and personnel to Turkiye. The team of emergency workers is now ready to go to Turkiye to help victims of the earthquake. It was learned that the aid and emergency team to be transported to Turkiye using Ethiopian Airlines.
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD SATURDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2023
