ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL AID
...We require knowledge and assistance
from abroad; Ethiopia’s energies were for long centuries concentrated on her
physical protection. The never-ending struggle to safe- guard their freedom
deprived the nation’s youth of the opportunity to study peace instead of war.
Today, we require skills and techniques beyond our present capacity to provide,
and we look to the assistance of foreign experts and technicians to bridge the
gap. So, too, do we look for foreign capital investment and as a natural and
normal concomitant, the managers and the professional personnel skilled in the
ways of modem industry and business life. With training and education and
experience, Ethiopians will in the near future supply all of the needs of the
nation. But today, those who are prepared to aid us in our endeavours, who are
here at our request and desire, are welcome colleagues and collaborators. Our
visits to highly-developed nations abroad have persuaded Us that in this same
fashion those countries have adapted and used this experience and learning of
others for their own benefit….
Nov. 16, 1965.
Selected Speeches of His Imperial Majesty Haile
Selassie - page 521 -
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