Minister of Industry, Mr. Mekonnen Manyazewal, invited foreign and local investors to discuss how to improve investment climate in the country in three specific sectors: agricultural, manufacturing and mining. While local investors met on the morning of October 24th, 2012, foreign investors were invited to the meeting held in the afternoon, in a session personally chaired by the Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn. Present were representatives of the international business communities operating in Ethiopia: Europeans, via the EUBFE and the EU Delegation headed by Ambassador Xavier Marchal, Chinese, Turkish, Indian and Korean business communities.
