ISLAMABAD
\nAmbassador of Ethiopia to Pakistan Jemal Beker has said the Ethiopian Airline shall start its Pakistan operation from May 8 adding there shall be four flights per week from Addis Ababa to Karachi.
\nThe Ambassador made this announcement during a press conference here at the Embassy.
\nAmbassador Jemal further said, a high level delegation shall also visit Pakistan on May 8. The delegation shall arrive in Pakistan on the maiden Ethiopian airline flight to Pakistan.
\nHe said the State Minister of Foreign Affairs shall lead the delegation comprising businessmen, high govt officials etc. He said the State Minister shall also formally inaugurate the Ethiopian embassy in Islamabad on May 11.
\nThe Ambassador, to a question, said that after Karachi the Ethiopian airline may start operations from Islamabad and Lahore. It all depends on the passengers\u2019 load, he added. The ambassador said all efforts shall be made to make this project a sustainable one.
\nTowards this end he had planned meetings with the tour operators, travel agents in order to inform them about the potential Ethiopia had in various fields. Likewise, he said, since the Ethiopian visa was available online therefore entry to his country was simply no problem.
\nJemal Beker Abdula termed the visit of Pakistani business delegation to Ethiopia as Hijra Trade, which was very successful. He said that after the visit of the Pakistani delegation to Ethiopia, he received calls from many African countries including Somalia, Djibouti, and Kenya who showed interest in promoting trade ties with Pakistan. He said that Africa is endowed with great natural resources and close cooperation of Pakistan with Ethiopia would help it get better penetration in the African region for trade and exports.
\nHe further said, Ethiopia has strong economic ties with Turkiye & UAE and Ethiopia wants similar relations with Pakistan. China and India have good presence in Ethiopia and Pakistan should increase its presence in the Ethiopian market to explore the untapped land of Africa.
\nMany Pakistani products including textiles, pharmaceuticals, cement have great potential in Ethiopia and the business community of Pakistan capitalize on this potential for exports.
\nHe said his side was ready to exchange knowledge, ideas and initiatives with the government of Pakistan by signing agreements on climate action. He said the initiative had brought a green revolution in the country through attitude, behaviour and cultural change. Under the Green Legacy Initiative, Ethiopia had planted some 25 billion seedlings in the last four years to address climate issues out of which 500 million are avocados, mangoes and papaya.
\nJemal Beker said the climate change was not a myth but a reality and Pakistan needed to build a resilient economy by addressing its climate related issues. \u201cI have visited the flood affected areas in Sindh where I met with flood affected people and distributed relief items among them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Ambassador of Ethiopia to Pakistan Jemal Beker has said the Ethiopian Airline shall start its Pakistan operation from May 8 adding there shall be four flights per week from Addis Ababa to Karachi. The Ambassador made this announcement during a press conference here at the Embassy. Ambassador Jemal further said, a high level delegation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329543,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6690,312,20],"class_list":{"0":"post-329525","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"tag-ambassador","9":"tag-ethiopia","10":"tag-pakistan"},"yoast_head":"\n