<h1>Payment system integration urged to link national instant payment platforms, enabling local currency trade settlement and deeper bilateral commerce.</h1> India invited Ethiopia to collaborate on integrating the Unified Payment Interface with Ethswitch and urged exploration of local currency settlement for trade; both sides agreed to expedite MoUs on standardization and quality assurance and on customs procedure and to accelerate conclusion of a Bilateral Investment Treaty while focusing cooperation on sectors such as health, automobiles, textiles, infrastructure and agro-processing to boost bilateral trade and investment.