Foreign Minister Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu met with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Mr. Lina Linkevicius and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, Didier Reynders at the sidelines of the Ministerial meeting of the AU-EU Summit 2017 on Tuesday (11/28/2017).
Discussions with the Lithuanian Minister mainly focused on issues including his visit to Lithuania, Political Consultation and Economic Cooperation Agreement and EU/UN multilateral cooperation. Lithuanian side has shown interest to cooperate in Education and ICT, Life science and financial technology. The two sides have agreed on the opening of office of the Honorary Consul of Lithuania in Ethiopia.
Meanwhile, Dr. Workneh has also met with Denmark’s Development and Trade Minister at the sidelines of the AU-EU meeting. The two sides discussed issues of Migration, Climate and cooperation under EU framework.