Turkey and Ethiopia Friday signed an agreement in civil aviation and road transport and resolved to improve bilateral trade through a Joint Ministerial Economic Commission. The agreement was signed between the Turkish Transport Minister Binali Yildirim and the Ethiopian Trade and Industry Minister, Fantaye Biftu at the end of three days talks in Addis Ababa. Both sides had reached a consensus to cooperate in various sectors aimed at promoting trade and cooperation, particularly in the textiles and leather sectors, according to an announcement. They had also agreed to monitor the implementation of the various agreements reached since signing economic, trade and technical agreement in 1993.
