{"id":26,"date":"2023-07-31T19:51:42","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T19:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/addisababa\/2024\/01\/15\/4th-session-of-the-south-africa-ethiopia-joint-ministerial-commission-jmc\/"},"modified":"2024-11-21T23:44:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T20:44:52","slug":"4th-session-of-the-south-africa-ethiopia-joint-ministerial-commission-jmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ethiopia\/4th-session-of-the-south-africa-ethiopia-joint-ministerial-commission-jmc\/","title":{"rendered":"4th Session of the South Africa-Ethiopia Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"26\" class=\"elementor elementor-26\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-751717af e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"751717af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e0e6aaf elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e0e6aaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor co-chaired the 4th Session of the South Africa-Ethiopia Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) with her counterpart, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia, H.E Demeke Mekonnen.&nbsp;<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p>The JMC oversees the implementation of numerous bilateral agreements and Memoranda of Understanding across various sectors, including trade and investment, science and innovation, health, education, and culture.&nbsp;<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p>The JMC was preceded by the Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) on 27-28 July 2023 and will receive feedback on the Agreed Minutes of the SOM from the co-chairs of the two Working Groups that have been established, namely, Political and Social Working Group and the Economic Working Group.&nbsp;<\/p><p><br><\/p><p>Diplomatic relations between South Africa and Ethiopia were established in 1994.&nbsp;<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p>In 2004, the two countries signed a General Cooperation Agreement (GCA), which makes provisions for annual meetings of senior officials. In 2008, a Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) was established, which created an overarching framework for cooperation and partnership between the two countries.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In January 2020, President Ramaphosa received Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on an official visit to South Africa.&nbsp;<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p>During the visit, the two leaders emphasised the need to focus more on economic cooperation issues.&nbsp;<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p>Three legal instruments were signed: Waiver of Visas on Diplomatic and Service passports; Memorandum of Understanding on Health Cooperation, and Tourism Cooperation<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor co-chaired the 4th Session of the South Africa-Ethiopia Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) with her counterpart, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia, H.E Demeke Mekonnen. &nbsp; The JMC oversees the implementation of numerous bilateral agreements and Memoranda [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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