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Permanent Mission of the State of Eritrea to AU
and UNECA
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President Isaias Holds talks with Amir of Qatar on bilateral issues

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During his stay, the President heldtalks with the Amir of Qatar, Sheik
Temim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, onenhancing bilateral ties and cooperation of partnership, as well asissues of interest to both countries.

18 December 2014

On 07-08 December, President Isaias Afwerki, conducted a working visit to Qatar.

On his arrival in Doha International
Airport, President Isaias waswelcomed by the Qatari Minister ofCulture and Arts, Dr. Hammed Bin
Abdul-Aziz Al-Kawari.

President receives credentials of Ambassadors of Qatar and China
On the 16th of December 2014, President
Isaias Afwerki received the credentialsof the new Ambassadors of Qatar to Eritrea, Mr. Mohammed Bin Rashid AlHumeidi, and Mr. Qiu Xuejun of thePeople’s Republic of China (PRC). The
ceremony took place at Denden Hall inthe capital.
In the ceremony, the President asserted

Eritrea’s readiness to further enhancethe existing close Eritrean-Qatarities. The Qatari Ambassador on hispart explained that he will exert
efforts to further expand andstrengthen the prevailing relations
between the two countries in all
domains.

Inside this issue:
Qatar Airways
begins regular flightto Eritrea
The principle ofequal access to thenational resourcesand opportunities
governs Eritrea’s
development strategy, Ambassador
Girma underlines
Ambassador Fessahazion Petrospresents credentials
to IFAD President

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Continued from page 01…President receives credentials of Ambassadors of Qatar andChina
In the same vein, upon receiving the credentials In remarks he made on the occasion, Ambassador Qiuof Ambassador Qiu Xuejun of the People’s Xuejun highly appraised the heroic struggle of the EriRepublic of China, President Isaias commended trean people for liberation and national independence.
the impressive economic stride that the PRC has He further noted that they are presently engaged in enregistered and expressed conviction that such deavors to develop a national economy based on social
achievement lays firm groundwork for the Chi- justice.
nese government to make significant contribution
as regards major regional and international issues. Following the presentation of credentials, the Ambassador also told the Eritrean News Agency, Erina, that he
Noting that Eritrean-Chinese relations lies on will exert persistent effort to further deepen and enhancesolid ground, as well as shared values and views, Eritrean-Chinese relations.
President Isaias said that bilateral ties has registered significant pace, and expressed convictionthat it attain higher stage in the years ahead.

Qatar Airways begins regular flight to Eritrea
Qatar Airways begins flight to and from Eritrea
starting 05 Dec. 2014. During the inauguration
ceremony conducted at Asmara Palace Hotel,
the Minister of Transport and Communications,
Mr. Tesfaselasie Berhane, and other Ministers,senior government and PFDJ officials, heads ofnational Associations, managers of the Airways
and the Qatari Ambassador to Eritrea,
Mr. Hamad Mohammed Bin-Rashid Humeidi,
as well as invited guests attended.
On the occasion, Mr. Paulos Kahsai, Director
General of the Eritrean Civil Aviation Authority, noted the significance of the flight service,

and expressed collaboration with the Airways in all its
activities.

Like wise, Mr. Marwan Koleilat, Qatar Airways Chief
Commercial Officer, commended the prevailing collaboration and longstanding relations between Eritrea andQatar, and expressed his appreciation for the support
extended by the Eritrean government in launching ofthe flight.
The flight service to Eritrea is taking place twice aweek on Friday and Sunday.

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The principle of equal access to the national resources and opportunities governs
Eritrea’s development strategy, Ambassador Girma underlines
Ambassador Girma Asmerom, Eritrea’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said
that the principle of equal access to the nationalresources and opportunities governs Eritrea’s development strategy.

vestment law, coupled with strong commitment of theleadership to develop the economy. As a result of
this, Ambassador Girma stated that 17 mining companies from different countries are already been attracted to work in Eritrea on the basis of equal partnership and equitable share of benefits.
Ambassador Girma also pointed out that exchanging
views on how we can maximize utilization of ourresources in sustainable way to address out developmental challenges and to the benefit of our people isimportant. In this spirit, he expressed Eritrea’s readiness to share its policies, actions and experiencesregarding the issues.

The Ambassador made this remarks during theG-77 Ministerial Meeting on Governance of
Natural Resources and Industrialization held inTarija, Bolivia, 28-29 November 2014.

Moreover, Ambassador Girma underlined that on theissue of governance of natural resources and industrialization, it is important not to forget the developmentof human capital, short of which capacity building
and transfer of technology and natural resources
In his statement, Ambassador Girma explained that would not be realized and industrialization taking
the State and the Government of Eritrea are duty root.
bound to ensure the conservation and sustainable
development of national resources for the benefit In this regard, he explained that the Eritrean Governof the people.
ment has devoted the lion’s share of its budget to education and development of technical skills, thus
Furthermore, the Ambassador gave emphasis on providing free basic social services, particularly in
Eritrea’s peaceful and politically stable and cor- the education and health sectors.
ruption-free environment, as well as attractive in-Ambassador Fessahazion Petros presents credentials to IFAD President
On the 12th of December 2014, the Eritrean Ambassador to Italy, H.E. Fessahazion Petros presented his credentials to the President of International Fund for Agricultural Development(IFAD), Mr. Kanayo
F. Nwanze, as Eritrea’s
Permanent
Representative to theorganization.
During the presentation ceremony in
IFAD’s central officein Rome, the Ambassador conveyed warm greetingsand message of goodwill from the People andGovernment of Eritrea and expressed Eritrea’s readiness to enhance cooperation with the organization inefforts to realize its food security programs.
Commending Eritrea’s development endeavors, theIFAD President voiced the organization’s readinessto demonstrate the necessary collaboration with
Eritrea’s efforts in agricultural activities in generaland that of attaining food security in particular.

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