A Czech business delegation conferred with some Ethiopian business community members in a business to business session organized by Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations in cooperation with the Czech Embassy in Ethiopia. The event took place at Elilly Hotel on September 18, 2017.
The Czech Embassy under its ‘Aid-for-Trade’ project made financial grant to Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations (AACCSA) in January 2016. In mid-July of the same year a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by presidents of AACCSA and Czech Chamber of Commerce and Industry, AACCSA Deputy Secretary, Ato Shibeshi Bettemariam, indicated in his welcoming remark at the event.
AACCSA will continue to organize this kind of event in the future with Czech and other trade facilitation eagencies across the globe, AACCSA Deputy Secretary, Ato Shibeshi Bettemariam, indicated while the Czech speaker underlined that Ethiopia is a priority country in Czech Development Coopertion for the years 2010 to 2017 and there are regular consultations with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.