Eritrean President met and held talks with Russian delegation

Horndiplomat-On 19 October 2018- President Isaias Afwerki met and held talks today at the State House with Russian delegation headed by Mr. Mikhail Leonidovich Bogdanov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

At the meeting, President Isaias underlined Eritrea’s readiness to strengthen bilateral relations and cooperation in all sectors.

Mr. Mikhail L. Bogdanov on his part commending the bold initiative Eritrea took to bring peace and stability in the Horn of Africa expressed his country’s readiness to develop trade and investment cooperation with the Horn African countries in general and with Eritrea in particular.

The meeting was attended by Mr. Osman Saleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Presidential Adviser Mr. Yemane Gebreab and Mr. Amin Hassan, Director of the Office of the President on the Eritrean side and Mr. Azim A. Yarakhmedov, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian federation in the State of Eritrea and Mr. Oleg B. Ozerov, Deputy Director of the Department of Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia on the Russian side.According to Eritrean Ministry of Information (Shabait).