ADDIS ABABA. April 29 (Interfax) - Ethiopia is interested in developing military-technological cooperation with Russia, and this issue was discussed at negotiations between the Ethiopian and Russian foreign ministers in Moscow earlier this week, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom said in an interview with Interfax.
Russia and Ethiopia have had longstanding and close ties in this area, and the two foreign ministers thoroughly discussed the matter at the negotiations in Moscow and reached agreement on building the military-technological cooperation's capacity, including as regards the modernization and maintenance of military hardware and personnel training, he said.
Up to 95% of Ethiopia's weapons and military hardware are Russian-made or Soviet-made, and therefore capacity building with Russia is very important to it, he said.
Adhanom acknowledged, however, that he had no information on any specific plans in this field.