ADDIS ABABA, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia and Uganda have agreed to further strengthen cooperation in bilateral and regional issues of common interest.
The Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister's Office, in a statement issued on Tuesday, said the two East African countries announced their joint commitments to spur their diplomatic relations during the visit of Ethiopia's Deputy Prime Minister, Demeke Mekonnen, to Uganda, where he met with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.
Mekonnen, during his meeting with the Ugandan president, presented a "message of cooperation and partnership" that was sent from the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to Uganda's Museveni, it was noted.
In addition to recently growing bilateral diplomatic and economic relations, Ethiopia and Uganda have been cooperating in South Sudan's peace process, mainly under the umbrella of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, which brokered the South Sudan's peace deal.
