Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, this evening a day after his the United States’ counterpart Rex Tillerson did so. When Rex Russian foreign minister visit to ethiopia was on his way to Addis Ababa, Lavrov was in Zimbabwe. He will meet with Hailemariam Desalegn and Workeneh Gebeyehu, Ethiopia’s Foreign Affairs Minister.
The business of his visit to Ethiopia is to talk on the bilateral relations of the two countries. The two countries have agreements in the areas of education, science, and agriculture. It has been reported earlier in the week that Russia is willing to build a nuclear facility for Ethiopia. Ethiopia and Russia have 120 years of diplomatic relations, which is older than Ethiopia-US relation. Rex Tillerson reportedly commended the way the Ethiopian government handled the crisis in the country and called for the state of emergency, which was decreed on February 16, to be shorter. Ethiopian government wants it to be in effect for six months.
Like borkena on Facebook and get Ethiopian News updates regularly. Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, who is on a working visit to Ethiopia, met with Foreign Minister Dr. Workneh noted that the official working visit of Mr. 120th anniversary of the establishment of official diplomatic relations between Ethiopia and Russia and the 122nd anniversary of the Victory of Adwa, which was a bitter struggle for African independence. Underscoring the longstanding and multifarious relations between Ethiopia and Russia that spans 120 years, Dr. Ethiopia will attach very strong feeling to cherish this historic relation with the people of Russia.
We remember that despite the huge physical distance that separates Ethiopia and Russia, Russia has supported our epic African struggle for sovereignty and independence. That is why we say our ties are irreplaceable. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, reaffirming Dr. The two ministers deliberated in depth on ways of further bolstering Ethio-Russian diplomatic relations in the areas of trade and investment, education, nuclear energy, humanitarian affairs, people to people relations and aviation diplomacy through Ethiopian Airlines, as well as coordination of their common efforts in international organizations. Ethiopia appreciates the economic support of the Russian Federation, which includes the cancellation of huge of debt in the past. He added that the two countries should work closely to increase the trade and investment volume in a way that it ensures that there are more Russian companies investing in Ethiopia. With regards to the enrichment of nuclear energy in Ethiopia, Dr.
Workneh, recapitulated the fact that the two countries have recently agreed to cooperate on the utilization of nuclear energy for development. He stressed that this endeavor is geared towards ensuring the energy security of the nation. Workneh underscored, is an epitome of the intergovernmental commission created recently to accelerate the pace and range of cooperation between the two countries. Russian Center for Science and Culture in Addis Ababa. As Ethiopia is a non-permanent member of the UNSC and the Russian Federation one of the permanent members of, Dr. It is to be recalled that Foreign Minister Dr. Workneh had also visited Moscow in June last year.
