New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Ethiopian parliament is all set to adopt Indian parliamentary practices following an official delegation's visit here last week.
The eight-member delegation led by Getachew Bedane, the government whip in the house of representative of Ethiopia, which visited India last week, has sought former Lok Sabha secretary general G.C. Malhotra's help in preparing their rule book for parliamentarians.
The delegation, which held a 40-minute meeting with Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and watched the proceedings of both houses of parliament, was impressed by the functioning of the parliamentary system in the world's largest democracy.
Chatterjee offered the delegation the help of the Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training to share its expertise in training to the members and officials of the Ethiopian parliament.
The Ethiopian government had expressed interest in adopting India's best parliamentary practices that have evolved over a period of 60 years.
India has been associated with Ethiopian parliamentary reforms since October 2005. Malhotra had visited Ethiopia in January this year as a member of a parliamentary reforms study group of four countries.