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Wed, 08/20/2008 - 18:04
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Yemen likely to receive electricity supplies from Ethiopia, says

Abdul-Malik Alama has said that the meeting of Yemeni-Ethiopian Technical Committee would boost cooperation between the two countries and enable Yemen to receive electricity supplies fromEthiopia.

On Monday, Ethiopian and Yemeni energy and mineral officials were taking part in the third meeting of the committee on oil, gas, minerals and energy cooperation between the twocountries.

The Ethiopian State Minister for Energy Affairs Sinknesh Ejigu said that the two countries had agreed to strengthen cooperation in various fields, particularly exploration andexploitation of oil, gas and minerals.

She expected that the meeting would create ample opportunities to review the implementation of the area of cooperation stipulated in the executive program previously signed between Ethiopia and Yemen."It would also assess additional avenue of cooperation for thebenefit of the two sisterly countries," Ejigu said.

The second meeting of the committee was held in the Yemeni capitalSana'a four years ago.

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