Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Ethiopian Foreign Minister Thanks Cuba for Personnel Training
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Ethiopian Foreign Minister, Berhane Gebrekristos, today thanked Cuba''s contribution in human resource training and support in areas such as education, health, technology transfer and sugar industry.
In a meeting with the Cuban ambassador in Havana, Juan Manuel Rodriguez, he also stressed the particular dedication of lives of Cubans who made it possible to preserve the sovereignty of the Ethiopian people during the invasion of Somalia (1977-1978).

Gebrekristos and Rodriguez discussed bilateral cooperation between Addis Ababa and Havana, which has had successful progress, said Foreign Minister of the African country.

Rodriguez reiterated to his host the gratitude of the Cuban people and government for the Ethiopian support in resolutions demanding the U.S. authorities to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade, within the UN and the African Union.

Official figures estimated at 1.6 trillion dollars the damages caused by the illegal coercive measure against Havana, which in recent years has beingejected by almost all members of the United Nations.

In recent years, more than three thousand young Ethiopians were trained in Cuba, who are now part of the qualified labor force that contributes to the development of the African state.

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