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{"id":2553,"date":"2014-08-29T08:25:29","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T08:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/?p=2553"},"modified":"2014-08-29T08:26:35","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T08:26:35","slug":"premier-calls-for-extension-of-african-growth-and-opportunity-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/?p=2553","title":{"rendered":"Premier Calls For Extension of African Growth and Opportunity Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August 28\/2014 Prime Minister Hailemariam on Thursday, August 28, 2014 called on American Senators he met here in Addis Ababa to support the extension of African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).<\/p>\n<p>The PM held talks on agricultural development in Ethiopia, food processing, empowerment of women and health with US Agriculture Deputy Minister Krysta Harden and other five female senators.<br \/>\nThe parties also discussed tourism, aviation, roles and benefits of women.  <\/p>\n<p>During the discussion the premier asked the support of the senators in extending AGOA, which hugely contributes to the agriculture and foreign trade of Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation leader, Senator Debbie Stabenow, appreciated the agricultural extension model introduced in the country and the effort being exerted to familiarize new technology.<\/p>\n<p>The senator said she had visited successful female agricultural experts prior to meeting the premier.<br \/>\nShe further said the delegation was pleased with the visit they made, adding that boosting the contribution of women to growth and peace through creating female leaders is essential.<\/p>\n<p>The senator indicated that they are willing to assist the continuous growth of the country and in the provision of education for women in cooperation with Ethiopia.<br \/>\nWith respect to the extension of AGOA, Senator Stabenow said support is voiced at both Congress and Senate, although decision would be reached later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 28\/2014 Prime Minister Hailemariam on Thursday, August 28, 2014 called on American Senators he met here in Addis Ababa to support the extension of African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).<\/p>\n<p>The PM held talks on agricultural development in Ethiopia, food processing, empowerment of women and health with US Agriculture Deputy Minister Krysta Harden and other five female senators.<br \/>\nThe parties also discussed tourism, aviation, roles and benefits of women. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-embassy-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/a098c094326eb64cac2df93633224d75_XL.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2553"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2556,"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553\/revisions\/2556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}