Negaso says Ethiopia keen to invigorate ties with Japan

Addis Ababa August 14(ENA)-- President Negaso Gidada says his country is desirous to shore up its bilateral relations with Japan particularly in the areas of trade, investment and tourism.

  Receiving the credentials of the newly appointed Japanese ambassador to Ethiopia, Ihara Hiroyoshi, Negaso said Ethiopia was ready to bolster the existing development cooperation between the two countries.

  Negaso commended on the occasion Japan's development assistance to Ethiopia particularly in the fields of road construction, electricity and potable water provision, a spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

  Japan was the second highest importer of Ethiopian coffee, he said and called on the government of Japan to enhance its trade and industrial ties with Ethiopia. 

 Ambassador Hiroyoshi said on his part that he would do his level best to consolidate the Ethio-Japan bilateral relations.

  Meanwhile, the departing Senegalese ambassador to Ethiopia, Papa Louis Fall, took leave of president Negaso here on Tuesday.

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