By Prensa Latina,
Havana : Cuba’s Foreign Investment and Economic Collaboration Minister Marta Lomas stated in the opening of the Fifth Intergovernmental Session with that African country that 5,817 Cubans have worked in Ethiopia.
Lomas highlighted that more than 100,000 Cubans have worked in distant places of the African continent and over 30,000 African students have graduated from Cuban educational centers, of them 3,553 from Ethiopia.
Loma exhorted participants in this commission to evaluate options to increase and diversify collaboration between both nations.
Ethiopian Finances and Economic Development Minister Mekonnen Manyazewal, leading his country’s delegation to the meeting, noted that this event will foster bilateral historical ties.
Manyazewal recalled that with the signing in 1999 of a new Economic, Technical and Scientific Accord, cooperation between the two countries gains strength.
He stressed that about 35 Cuban health, education and higher education professionals are currently working in that African country, while 25 Ethiopian youth are studying in Cuba.
The meeting, to be run until Thursday, also includes Manyazewal’s meetings with Cuban leaders and figures.