Ethiopia’s Minister of Transport, Dagmawit Moges, held talks with a delegation led by Moussa Mohammed Ahmed, Minister of Equipment and Transport of Djibouti.
They discussed on achievements of the Ethio-Djibouti railway line on freight and passenger services over the last two years, plan for the future, and cost sharing for the project.
Safety of railway transport, tariffs, and provision of reliable electricity needed to power the trains were also among agendas of the discussion.
Dagmawit said joint management of railway, maritime, aviation and road transports that link the two counties would help both sides to facilitate their import-export trades.
Moussa Mohammed Ahmed for his part said his country is ready to work jointly with Ethiopia in the fields of transport.
The 752.7km Ethiopia-Djibouti railway is the first modern electrified railway line in East Africa. It is jointly owned the governments of Ethiopia and Djibouti.
The railway was 70% financed by China’s Exim Bank and built by China Railway Group and China Civil Engineering Construction.
