Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs` Director of Technical Cooperation Henri Samosir said here on Wednesday that the international training workshop on water management was participated in by 16 participants from nine African Union member countries.
"The implementation of this international training workshop on water management in agriculture for African Union member countries is part of Indonesia`s effort to step up agriculture cooperation with African Union," Samosir said.
According to him, the 16 participants of the three-day training workshop from Wednesday to Friday were from Liberia, Sudan, Kenya, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Mozambik, Tanzania, Uganda, and Algiers.
"We hope this international training workshop will be a forum for Indonesia and African Union to share knowledge and experiences of water management in agriculture," Samosir noted.
Meanwhile, ad interim Charge d`affaires Endang Andini of Indonesian Embassy in Addis Ababa said the international training workshop was held in Addis Ababa because the Ethiopian capital city is the Headquarters of African Union.
Andini said that after the training, the participants would visit Bali from May 19-23 to increase their knowledge and experience about water management.
"The training is the manifestation of Indonesia`s commitment to supporting the development process in African continent in the framework of "New Partnership for Africa`s Development" which has been declared by the United Nations," Andini said.
Composed of 53 countries in Africa and is loosely based on the European Union, the African Union is one of the world`s most important intergovernmental organizations.
These African countries work diplomatically with each other despite differences in geography, history, race, language, and religion to try to improve the political, economic, and social situations for the approximately one billion people that live on the African continent.
Reporting by Munawar Saman Makyanie
Editor: Aditia Maruli Radja
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