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The Ethiopian Prime Minister receives Al-Dabaiba and they discuss a number of common files

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Addis Ababa, April 25, 2024 (LANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed received, today, Thursday, at the Presidential Palace in Addis Ababa, the Prime Minister of the National Unity Government, Minister of Defense, Abdul Hamid Dabaiba, and his accompanying delegation.

Abiy Ahmed welcomed Al-Dabaiba’s visit to Ethiopia, considering it an important step for the return of cooperation between the two countries after a hiatus of more than twenty years.

In turn, Al-Dabaiba stressed Libya's desire to restore cooperation between the two countries in all political, economic, and security fields through consultation and communication between the two governments, and coordination on various regional issues of concern.

Dabaiba and Abiy held an expanded meeting, in the presence of the Ministers of Finance, Transportation, Youth, Labor, Rehabilitation, and State for Cabinet Affairs from the Libyan side, and the Ministers of Labour, Irrigation, Water Resources, Infrastructure, Reconstruction, Foreign Affairs, and the Prime Minister’s Advisor from the Ethiopian side.

During the meeting, the holding of the Libyan-Ethiopian Supreme Committee, which had not been held since 2004, was discussed between the various institutions of the two countries.

A number of joint files were also discussed, the most important of which was organizing Ethiopian expatriate workers, the return of airlines to work in Libya, Libyan loans granted to Ethiopia, and scheduling their repayment, in addition to a number of political files between the two countries, and an emphasis on unifying and supporting efforts on the African continent to support Libya to hold elections and end the transitional stages.

  The meeting also discussed investment opportunities in the field of agriculture, animal production and a number of other fields.

The Prime Minister of the National Unity Government, Abdul Hamid Dabaiba, invited the Ethiopian Prime Minister to visit Libya with the aim of continuing coordination and cooperation between the two countries.

..(LANA)..