China and India and Ethiopia final report - FES Ethiopia

mandate of the UN and/or the AU, and consolidating the cooperation in theUN framework.ii) IndiaHistorically inter country relationship between Ethiopia and India beganduring 4 th century BC, with the economic and commercial relationships.During this time, the Ethiopian kingdom was well established at Axum,northern part of the country, have the ruling right over some parts of today’ssouth Yemen and Saudi Arabia. The Greeks, the Romans, the Arabs andIndians traded with the Axumite Kingdom. The ancient Indian traderelationship and civilization link had shown growth to modern economic andpolitical relations and counts the 60 years of formal diplomatic relationsbetween India and Ethiopia. The recent higher officials of the two countriesvisit, bilateral agreements and fastest economic growth strengthen the linkagebetween India and Ethiopia in a multi dimensional sense.3.1.2 Bilateral Agreementsi) China and EthiopiaAgreements between the two countries include Agreement for Economic andTechnological Cooperation (1971, 1988 and 2002); Trade Agreement (1971,1976); Trade Protocol (1984,1986,1988); Agreement for Trade, Economic andTechnological Cooperation (1996) and Agreement for Mutual Promotion andProtection of Investment (1988) 2 .2 China's ties with Ethiopia on a higher level: China's top legislator". The Africa Monitor.November 11,2008.http://www.theafricamonitor.com/news/ethiopian/november2008/111108/china.htm.Retrieved 2009-07-28.24