Addis Ababa: Ethiopia and South Korea have agreed to strengthen their collaboration in the fight against corruption. The Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission of Ethiopia and the South Korean Anti-Corruption and Human Rights Commission engaged in discussions to enhance their cooperative efforts in combating corruption.
According to Ethiopian News Agency, the South Korean delegation, led by Chung Seung Yun, Vice Chair of the Anti-Corruption and Human Rights Commission, met with their Ethiopian counterparts in Addis Ababa. Both sides expressed a mutual desire to strengthen collaborative efforts in preventing and combating corruption based on equality, friendship, and mutual benefits, in line with their respective countries’ laws and regulations.
The cooperation will include consultations, exchange of information and materials, and sharing best practices related to implementing anti-corruption policies. Training and education initiatives aimed at raising public awareness about corruption prevention wer
e also discussed, with the goal of strengthening public participation.
The meeting emphasized that collaborative and continuous efforts between Ethiopia and South Korea could enhance the fight against transnational corruption. Samuel Urkato, Commissioner of the Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, highlighted Ethiopia’s ongoing measures to prevent corruption by integrating continental and international policies and strategies into its framework.
Urkato expressed Ethiopia’s interest in learning from South Korea’s experiences, particularly in digitalizing training methods to strengthen its anti-corruption efforts. Chung Seung Yun, for his part, noted that Korea is keen to provide technical and financial support to Ethiopia in its efforts to combat corruption.