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Eritrean Foreign Minister’s Successful Official Visit toRussia
An Eritrean delegation led by Foreign
Minister Osman Saleh conducted a 4day official visit to the Russian Federation at the invitation of the Foreign
Minister of Russia, Mr. Sergei Lavrov. During the visit that took placefrom 16 to 19 February 2014, thedelegation held meetings with several
Russian Government officials andrepresentatives of Russian firms.
Minister Osman Saleh and Minister
Sergei Lavrov, in the meeting they
held, asserted that Eritrea and Russia
share similar views and stances
regarding major regional and international issues. They agreed to work
jointly to ensure peace and stability in
the Horn of Africa, as well as to combat all forms of terrorism and acts ofextremism.

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Visit to Russia(contd from page 1)

Turkish Trade
Unions Confedera2tion Leaders
In a Press Conference held after theVisited Eritrea
meeting, Mr. Lavrov expressed his Government’s appreciation of the regular
Malaria Control
contacts and the desire to intensify them.
Success Story in2“I am sure that we should turn our politiEritrea
cal dialogue into searching for specificspheres of interaction, first of all, in trade
and the economy,” the Russian Foreign Online Sources ofNews and Analysis 2
Minister stated. (contd to page 2)
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The two Ministers also signed a
protocol on consultation mechanismthat will further deepen the existing
diplomatic, political, trade and economic interactions between the twocountries.

Eritrean Diplomaticand ConsularMissions

4Advisor to the President of Eritrea Visited Finland
Contact Addresses:

Eritrean Presidential Advisor, Mr. Foreign Affairs, Mr. Erkki Tuomioja
Yemane Ghebreab, undertook a and the Minister for International
working visit to Finland from 21 to Development, Mr. Pekka Haavisto. The22 February 2014.
two sides discussed the enhancement ofcooperation in the education sector, andDuring the visit, Mr. Yemane held exchanged views on the current develmeetings with Finland’s Minister for opments in the Horn of Africa region.

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Eritrean Foreign Minister’s Successful Official Visit to Russia ( Contd from page 1 )Minister Osman Saleh also metwith Mr. Mikhail Margelov, Special Presidential Representative
for Cooperation with Africancountries and with Mr. Alexandr
Romanovich, the Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs
Committee of the State Duma
(Lower House of the RussianParliament). Mr. Romanovich
conveyed to Minister Osman that
he will do his level best to
consolidate and promote hiscountry’s relations and partnership with Eritrea in the domainsof investment and trade.

In another meeting where Mr.
Valery Pak, Deputy Minister of
Natural Resources and Environment, the Head of Federal Institute of Underground Resources of
the Russian Federation, and representatives of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development
participated, Minister Osman
Saleh gave briefings on Eritrea’s
natural resources, especially minerals, and the investment opportunities in the mining sector.
The Eritrean delegation also met
with the Russian Deputy Ministerof Education and Science, Mr.
Benjamin Kaganov, and discussed the potential for partnership between the two countries inthe spheres of education, scienceand culture. The Russian side
expressed readiness to collaborate
with the Eritrean Ministry ofEducation.
During its stay in Moscow, theEritrean delegation also held
discussions with representativesof Russian firms focusing on
trade and investment.

Turkish Trade Unions Confederation Leaders Visited Eritrea
A Turkish delegation headed by
the President of the country’s
Trade Unions Confederation, Mr.
Mahmut Arslan, conducted a 3day working visit in Eritrea from17 to 19 February 2014.

The delegation met with theSecretary General of theNational Confederation ofEritrean Workers (NCEW),
Mr. Tekeste Baire, and anumber of government officials. They also visited some
The visit aimed at strengthening factories and the Port City ofties and sharing experiences Massawa.
between the two Confederations.

Malaria Control Success Story in Eritrea
Eritrea has surpassed the internationally set target of reducing
malaria prevalence by 75%.
Between 1998 and 2012, malaria
morbidity and mortality rates in
Eritrea declined by 90% and96%, respectively.

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Malaria
Morbidity
Ratecases/1000
population

10080604020

This was achieved due to theGovernment’s commitment andthe active participation of the people at the grassroots and community levels.

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Malaria
MortalityRatecases/1000
population

Source: National Malaria ProgrammePerformance Review (MPR), 2013

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The Turkish Delegation meeting with
Mr. Tekeste BaireOnline Sources of News andAnalysis on Eritrea
www.shabait.com
Official Website of the Ministry ofInformation of Eritrea (in English)
www.shaebia.org
Official Website of the People’s Frontfor Democracy and Justice (in English)
www.ecss-online.com
Official Website of the Eritrean Center
for Strategic Studies (in English, Arabicand Tigrigna)
www.dehai.org
Daily Updated List of Eritrea Related
News (in English)

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