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President Isaias Attended the Swearing-in Ceremony of the New
Egyptian President

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15 June 2014

Inside this issue:
Upon official invitation from the Govern- Mr. Abdul Fatah El-Sisi.
ment of Egypt, President Isaias Afwerki
attended the swearing-in ceremony of the At the ceremony held on 8 June in
newly elected President of Egypt, Cairo, President Isaias congratulated Vice-President ofPresident El-Sisi and the Egyptian the Chinese Women’s Federationpeople and expressed his confidence
Conducted
Workthat Egypt will regain its vital role in
the region, Africa and the Middle ing Visit in Eritrea
East.
Eritrea Became
During his stay in Cairo, President Member of WHO
Isaias met and conducted discussions Executive Board
with a number of leaders of Africanand Arab countries.

22Foreign Minister Conducted a Working Visit to Moscow

Eritrea Participatedin the 103rd Inter2
nationalLabour
An Eritrean delegation led by Foreign continued crises and deep sufferings
Conference
Minister Osman Saleh conducted a work- attests to the need for a global changending visit to Russia. On 2 June, Minister characterized by equal participation.
Osman met with Mr. Mikhail Bogdanov,
Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, and Minister Osman and Mr. Bogdanov
delivered a message from President exchanged views on the implementaIsaias Afwerki to President Vladimir tion of previously reached partnership agreements in the domains ofPutin.
investment, trade, education and mining, as well as regarding regional affairs.
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In the message, President Isaias pointed
out that although Eritrea is not nostalgic
to the cold war, the fact that the past 25
years of uni-polar world witnessed wars,
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Vice-President of the Chinese Women’s Federation Conducted Working Visit inEritrea
A delegation from the All-China Women’s Federation led by the Vice-President of the Federation, Ms. Meng Xiaosi, conducted a working visit in Eritrea from 8-10 June 2014.

The visit aimed at strengthening the existing relations
between the two associations.
The delegation met with Ms. Luul Gebreab, Presidentof the National Union of Eritrean Women (NUEW),
Mr. Hagos Gebrehiwet, Head of Economic Affairs atthe PFDJ, Ms. Tsigereda Woldegergis, Administratorof the Northern Red Sea Region as well as several
other government officials.
The delegation also visited various institutions established by the NUEW and soil and water conservation
activities undertaken by women in Asmara and its
environs. Moreover, during its visit to the port city ofMassawa the delegation visited the Northern Red Region Museum and the Sheik Seid Island.

Eritrea Became Member of WHO Executive Board
Eritrea has been elected for a 3-year membershipof the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the 67th World Health Assembly held in Geneva, Switzerland from 19 to24 May.

sembly, underlined Eritrea’s successes in the healthsector including the major reductions in maternal andchild mortality and the control of communicable diseases. Consequently, Eritrea is among the few countries that have made significant progress in achieving
the MDGs.
She also indicated that as a result of these achievements the life expectancy rate in Eritrea has increased
to 63 years, from 49 years during independence.

Ms. Amina Nurhussein, the Minister of Health ofEritrea, in a Statement she delivered to the As-Minister Amina also met, at the sidelines of the Assembly, with Dr. Roberto Tomas Morales, Ministerof Health of Cuba, who served as President of the 67thWorld Health Assembly as well as with her counterparts from several other countries and discussed thestrengthening of bilateral relations and cooperation.

Eritrea Participated in the 103rd International Labour Conference
A delegation led by Mr. Kahsai Ghebrehiwet, In his statement to the Conference, the Minister highMinister of Labour and Human Welfare of Eri- lighted the achievements of the Eritrean Governmenttrea, participated in the 103rd Session of the In- in realizing the goals of the Decent Work Agendaternational Labour Conference that took place inGeneva, Switzerland from 28 May-12 June 2014.
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