President Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister, H.E. Abiy Ahmed Ali today presided over the official opening of a two-day Kenya-Ethiopia high level trade forum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The two leaders promised to deepen trade and economic ties between the two countries
During the forum, Kenya and Ethiopia renewed their commitment to the full implementation of the the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor(LAPSSET) projects as key enablers of the transformation of the two economies.
Kenya’s head of state and Ethiopian Prime Minister, H.E. Abiy Ahmed said that LAPSSET is central to the unlocking of the economic potential of not only Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan but that of the entire East African region.
Besides pursuing joint infrastructure projects, President Kenyatta and PM Abiy called for the fastracking of the ongoing transformation of Moyale town into a cross-border trade hub in the region in line with the 2012 Special Status Agreement (SSA) .
Kenyatta also invited the Ethiopian private sector to invest in the #Big4Agenda projects as he challenged the business community to innovate new opportunities for trade collaboration between Kenya and Ethiopia.
We also renewed our commitment to the implementation of the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor projects as enablers of the transformation of our countries. LAPSSET has great promise of transforming our countries and improving the living conditions of our people. pic.twitter.com/R8W4Qhof4B— Uhuru Kenyatta (@UKenyatta) March 1, 2019