Addis Ababa: Ethiopia has cut a military deal with Russia where the Far East nation will receive military and technical assistance.
Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov revealed the military deal with Ethiopia following a meeting he had with counterpart Workneh Gebeyehu in Addis Ababa.
“We have discussed training of two groups of Ethiopian diplomats, postgraduate courses at the Diplomatic Academy of Russia’s Foreign Ministry,” Lavrov told journalists during a joint press conference.
“We have delved into cooperation in the area of military technical field. Additional intergovernmental agreements, memorandums are being drafted on all mentioned agreements to strengthen the contractual basis of contacts.”
The Russian diplomat was in Zimbabwe recently, and similar military deal was struck with the southern African nation.
