በግብጽ ታንታ እና አሌክስአንድሪ ከተሞች የኮፕቲክ ክርስቲያን ዕምነት ተከታዮች ላይ በደረሰው የሽብር አደጋ የተሰማቸውን ሀዘን የኢ.ፌ.ዲ.ሪ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትር ክቡር ዶ/ር ወርቅነህ ገበየሁ ገለፁ፡፡ ዶ/ር ወርቅነህ ገበየሁ ለግብጹ አቻቸው H.E Sameh Shoukry በላኩት የሀዘን መግለጫ የጸሎት ስነስርዓት በሚያካሂዱ ንጹሃን ዜጎች ላይ በተፈጸመው የሽብር ጥቃት የደረሰውን የሞትና የመቁሰል አደጋ በማውገዝ የተሰማቸውን ጥልቅ ሀዘን ገልፀዋል፡፡ የኢ.ፌ.ዲ.ሪ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትር ክቡር ዶ/ር ወርቅነህ ገበየሁ ለግብጽ አቻቸው H.E. Mr. Sameh Shoukry የሀዘን መግለጫ ልከዋል፡፡ ክቡር ሚኒስትሩ በሀዘን መግለጫቸው፣ የሽብር ጥቃቱ በዓለም አቀፉ ማህበረሰብ ዘንድ ሊወገዝ የሚገባው እጅግ ኢ-ሰብዓዊ ድርጊት መሆኑን ጠቁመው ሁኔታው መላው ዓለም የጸረ- ሽብር ትግሉን አጠናክሮ መቀጠል እንደሚገባ የሚያሳስብ ነው ብለዋል፡፡ የኢ.ፌ.ዲ.ሪ…

#Ethiopia and the #EuropeanUnion held the 1st of its kind Annual Human Rights and Governance Consultation here in Addis Ababa on Thursday (April 06, 2017). On the occasion, an Ethiopian delegation led by State Minister of Foreign Affairs Mrs. HirutZemene met with EU delegation headed by Mr. Stavros Lambrindidis, European Union Special Representative for Human Rights. The annual consultation featured issues, such as human rights, good governance, democratic process, economic cooperation, and migration. State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. HirutZemenenoted the strong support Ethiopia has been receiving from the European Union and welcomed the initiative to start the annual dialogue on…

A Chinese business delegation keen to invest in Ethiopia In a panel discussion organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a representative from the Ethiopian Investment Commission Ato Aschalew Taddesse gave a detailed briefing to a Chinese business delegation on Ethiopia’s potential investment and business opportunities that would be exploited by Chinese enterprises for the greater benefit of the two peoples guided by the principles of mutual benefit and joint development today (April 4). Ato Aschalew Taddesse also highlighted that Ethiopia is keen to work with Chinese enterprises in areas ranging from textile, garment, leather and leather products and agro-processing…

Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn received the visiting Sudanes President Omar Al-Bashir at the Jubilee Palace, during which the two leaders reaffirmed their determination to elevate the bilateral ties. In a press briefing, the two leaders underlined the need on further strengthening the already excellent and strong bilateral ties, particularly enhancing the economic, cultural, trade and security partnerships as well as keeping the momentum of speeding up the cross boarder and regional development projects. Prime Minister Hailemariam said the relation between the two countries is strong, one that demonstrated successful cooperation in a wide range of sectors. He said, “Business and…

The World Bank’ Board of Executive Directors approved an International Development Association credit of $50 million for the National Quality Infrastructure (NQI) Development Project in Ethiopia, aimed at improving the competitiveness of Ethiopian industries. It will support the Government of Ethiopia’s efforts to develop the country’s standardization practice, metrology, accreditation, and conformity assessment services, inspection, testing, and certification. A Press Statement said on Friday last week that a well-functioning NQI would enhance firms’ competitiveness and opportunities for expansion into new export markets by offering them proof that products and services adhere to quality requirements. This would also encourage investors to…

The Executive Secretary of the IGAD, Engineer Mahboub Maalim, and the Director for East Africa Division of Germany, Dr. Ralf-Mathias Mohs, signed a grant agreement for 36 million Euros on Friday last week (March 31).  This is to provide for the strengthening of responses to drought migration. The funds are divided into two parts, 20 million Euros for financial cooperation and 16 million Euros for technical cooperation. These funds will go towards strengthening IGAD’s coordination role in the migration policy, management coordination in line with the Regional Migration Policy Framework as well as other continental and international frameworks. They will…