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Sunday, September 1, 2019
Netanyahu looks to boost security coordination with Ethiopia
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday calls for strengthened security cooperation with Ethiopia, during a meeting in Jerusalem with his Ethiopian counterpart Abiy Ahmed.
“We believe that we can offer some experience, some shared experience that we have garnered because of our unfortunate need to defend ourselves,” Netanyahu tells Ahmed, according to a statement from Netanyahu’s office.
He hails the prime minister of the Horn of Africa country as “one of the most important and influential leaders in Africa.”
— AFP