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His visit to Ethiopia was a significant step toward rebuilding & revitalizing relations between Ethiopia & the USA says Amb. Meles Alem, Spokesperson for The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, during a biweekly news briefing.
Secretary Blinken also expressed his satisfaction of holding ‘’productive talks focused on consolidating peace and advancing Ethiopia’s democracy, security, and prosperity.”

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He reiterated the USA’s continued commitment to support the critical steps that Ethiopians need to take for recovery and reconciliation.
In his one day long trip to Ethiopia, Secretary Blinken met and held productive conversations with H.E PM Abiy Ahmed Ali, FM and DPM H.E Demeke Mekonnen Hassen, and other high ranking officials and rights groups.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali received at the Office of the Prime Minister earlier today US Secretary of State, Anthony J. Blinken who is in Ethiopia for a working visit. Their discussions focused on various domestic, regional and bilateral issues of mutual concern, with a commitment for enhancing the partnership between #Ethiopia and the #US. Ethiopia’s evident progress on the peace agreement was also acknowledged. While the economy, development endeavours, particularly agriculture, and regional stability were also addressed. #PMOEthiopia

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Mr. Blinken is expected to meet with H.E Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (Dr.), Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H.E Demeke Mekonnen and other top government officials to discuss bilateral, regional and multilateral issues of common interest.

For several decades, Ethiopia and the U.S. have been closely working on multifaceted areas of trade, peace and security, health, education, agriculture, humanitarian assistance and other sectors.

The Secretary’s visit to Ethiopia will help to revitalize and strengthen the longstanding cooperation of the two countries to the highest level it deserves.

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Secretary Blinken is also scheduled to meet Chairperson of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat.

Ethiopia and United States of America have 120 years of official diplomatic relationship.

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በአሜሪካ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትር ሚ/ር አንቶኒ ብሊንከን የተመራ የልዑካን ቡድን በነገው እለት (መጋቢት 5 ቀን 2015 ዓ.ም) ወደ ኢትዮጵያ ያቀናል።

ሚኒስትሩ በቆይታቸውም ከኢፌዴሪ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ክቡር ዶ/ር አብይ አህመድ፣ ምክትል ጠ/ሚኒስትር እና የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትር ክቡር አቶ ደመቀ መኮነን እና ሌሎ ከፍተኛ የሥራ ኃላፊዎች ጋር ተገናኝተው እንደሚወያዩ ይጠበቃል።

በዚህም በሁለትዮሽ፣ ቀጣናዊ እና አለም አቀፋዊ ጉዳዮች ዙሪያ የጋራ ተጠቃሚነትን በሚያጎለብቱ ሃሳቦች ላይ የሚመክሩ ይሆናል።

ላለፉት በርካታ አስርት ዓመታት ሁለቱ አገራት በንግድ፣ በጸጥታና ደህንነት፣ በግብርና ልማት፣ በጤናና ትምህርት ማስፋፋት በሰብዓዊ ድጋፍ ወዘተ ዙሪያ በትብብር ሲሰሩ ቀይተዋል።

ይህ በአሁኑ ወቅተ የሚደረገው ጉብኝትም የአገራቱን ዘመናትን የተሻገር ጠንካራ መስተጋብር ወደሚመጥነው ከፍተኛ ስትራቴጂካዊ ግንኙነት ለማሸጋገር አስተዋጽዖ እንደሚያደርግ ይጠበቃል።

ሴክሬታሪ ብሊንከን በኢትዮጵያ ቆይታቸው ከአፍሪካ ህብረት ኮሚሽን ሊ/መንበር ሙሳ ፋኪ ማሀማት ጋር ተገናኝተው እንደሚነጋገሩም ይጠበቃል፡፡
ኢትዮጵያና አሜሪካ የ120 ዓመታት የዲፕሎማቲክ ግንኙነት ታሪክ አላቸው፡፡

ምስል፡ ፋይል

Diplomats and Staff at the Embassy of Ethiopia in Washington D.C celebrate the annual International Women’s Day under the Theme of “I’m My Sister’s Keeper”. H.E Ambassador Zelalem Birhan, Deputy Head of Mission, on the occasion lauded the extraordinary contribution of women to the transformation of Ethiopia in multifaceted fronts, including in the diplomatic fora.

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He also stressed the need to promote women empowerment at all levels to accelerate inclusive implementation of national agendas. A discussion paper was presented focusing on the role of celebrating ’Women’s Day’ and the challenges women staff facing specially in the foreign service assignments.