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H.E Adanech Abiebie, Mayor of Addis Ababa, concludes her fruitful working visit in Washington D.C. In her weeklong Washington D.C mission, The Mayor held a series of bilateral discussions, field visits, experience sharing seminars and diaspora engagements. She had a candid bilateral conversation with her Washington D.C. counterpart, Mayor Muriel Bowser, on ways of implementing the Sister-City Agreements signed in 2019. The Mayors agreed to establish a working group aimed at invigorating the gaps and opportunities in terms of implementing the agreement and way forward. H.E Ambassador Seleshi mentioned that the Embassy will continue bridging the offices of the two cities. An experience sharing consultation forum was also held between the cities sectoral offices such as Health, educations, planning, economic development bureaus. In this forum, the respective offices presented their best practices and lessons to be taken.
Washington D.C sectoral offices vowed to provide capacity building trainings to Addis Ababa City experts on several fronts. The Mayor and her Delegation paid several field visits including the capital river front redevelopment projects around Navy yard, D.C Water and recycling projects built by public and private partnerships. In her last day of Washington D.C mission H.E Mayor Adanech Abiebie held a candid discussion with DMV area Ethiopia Diaspora Business Community where 200,000 USD was raised for the “Dine for Generation” project. Mayor Adanech elaborated the conducive investment opportunities in Addis Ababa in the areas of technology, construction, health, hospitality, education and several others. She also lauded Embassy of Ethiopia, Washington, D.C. for facilitating bilateral discussions, field tours in collaboration with Mayor office of D.C and organizing a fruitful diaspora engagements in coordination. Prior to traveling to D.C, Mayor Adanench and her Delegation had a productive engagement with the City of Denver which was showcased by the signing of a Sister City Agreement with Addis Ababa.
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The Mayor of Addis Ababa City, Adanaech Abiebie held a fruitful discussion with her Washington D.C. counterpart, Mayor Muriel Bowser. The two mayors exchanged constructive ways of implementing the sister city agreements they have signed in 2019.
“We have agreed that we will work together and exchange experiences on the area of urban planning, revenue collection, transportation, healthcare, water treatment, working with surrounding cities and redeveloping by ensuring the benefit of residents through integrated development projects built by government and private partnerships”, Adanech tweeted following. Addis Ababa City Delegation led by Mayor Adanech made several field visits and experience sharing consultations with respective Washington D.C government offices. The visited sites include capital river front redevelopment projects around Navy yard , D.C Water and recycling projects built by public and private partnerships. Dr Eng Seleshi Bekele The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia
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During the occasion the Embassy raised 200,000 USD for the “Dine for Generation” project.
In her remarks, H.E Mayor Adanech elaborated the conducive investment opportunities in Addis Ababa in the areas of technology, construction, health, hospitality, education and several others.
She also clarified the City Administration’s commitment to provide efficient services and resolve any obstacles that investors might face to operate their business activity.
They Mayor expressed her gratitude to supporters to the “Dine for Generation” project indicating this initiative’s grand role in transforming Ethiopia’s global image and creating multitude of opportunities.
H.E Ambassador Seleshi Bekele on his part reiterated the growing business and investment windows in Addis Ababa and the rest of the country.
He also lauded Ethiopian Diaspora for the unwavering support of national calls, adding that the projects funded by the ‘Dine for Generation” initiative would augment Ethiopia’s aspiration of becoming Africa’s top tourist destination.
Ambassador Seleshi reaffirmed the Embassy’s readiness in providing valuable information and link the business community with respective government offices in Ethiopia.
Participants of the DMV area diaspora business community expressed their keen interest of investing in Addis Ababa and other parts of the country.
They also vowed their continued support to “Dine for Generation” and other development initiatives.
During the event, a detailed information of Addis Ababa’s Investment opportunities and grand projects was presented by the Mayor’s Strategic Programes Office.
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Our Pride and world-class carrier, Ethiopian Airlines Welcome to Atlanta!Embassy of Ethiopia, Washington, D.C. is thrilled to be part of this historic moment.H.E Ambassador Dr Eng Seleshi Bekele congratulates all the Ethiopian Airlines Management, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Ethiopian Community in Atlanta for working tirelessly to make this millstone come true. The direct flight will augment the bilateral trade and investment relations between Ethiopia and the USA.It also enhance sister city collaborations between Atlanta and Ethiopian counterparts, people to people ties, academic and art exchange.This non-stop four days a week flight opens additional window of opportunity for investors planning to explore multitude of investments options in Ethiopia. It also eases the burden connection flights and expected to attract thousands of tourists to visit Ethiopia’s breathtaking attractions.
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H.E Ambassador Seleshi Bekele attended the inaugural celebration of St. John the Baptist and St. Arsema Monastery (መጥምቁ ዮሃንስ ወቅድስት አርሴማ ገዳም) in San Miguel, California in the presence of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church Archbishops and church goers across the USA and beyond. At the occasion Ambassador Seleshi made speech, congratulated the church goers and those worked tirelessly this symbolic monastery come to reality. He also related the Church’s longstanding role in promoting Ethiopia’s cultural mosaic, history and unity in the USA. His Holiness Abune Theophilos, Archbishop of Northern California, Nevada, and Arizona Diocese of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church and Member of the Holy Synod, praised those contributed to the purchase of the Monastery’s land and built infrastructure. His Holiness mentioned Ethiopians across the USA and back home, from different religious backgrounds, passionately supported this Holy initiative. According to the committee heads of the monastery, schools, meeting halls and other social engagement facilities will be developed to teach Ethiopia’s history culture, art and moral values, especially focusing the 2nd and 3rd generation of Ethiopian Americans. On another note, over the weekend, the Embassy has closely worked with State Department officials and Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Ministry in coordinating efforts of repatriating diplomatic members from US citizens in Khartoum. For this successful support, the US government has lauded the Government of Ethiopia and the Ethiopian National Defense Forces. Lastly, H.E Ambassador Seleshi Bekele, representing Ethiopia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Irrigation & Lowlands of Ethiopia and The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). This agreement expected to expand the efforts of improving water management strategies and climate resilient development; especially in the drought prone and lowlands of Ethiopia.
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He also expressed a brighter window of growing Ethio-US business and investment collaboration. Ethio-US Business Forum held in Washington D.C in collaboration between Embassy of Ethiopia, Washington, D.C., Corporate Council on Africa and Wafa Marketing & Promotion. The forum brought key Ethiopian and US investors and corporate leaders to explore the abundant investment potentials in Ethiopia. H.E Ahmed Shide, Ethiopia’s Finance Minister mentioned a wide range of measures taken by the government such as the national ease of doing business initiative, the revised commercial law, the newly launched public-private partnership program, comprehensive privatization and liberalization program.
He reaffirmed Ethiopia’s determination to bring sustainable peace, stability and economic development. H.E Lelisse Neme, Ethiopian Investment Commissioner presented the conducive investment opportunities in Ethiopia including mining, agro-processing, construction, energy, tourism, technology, and manufacturing. She also added that this is high time to invest in Ethiopia emphasizing the governments multifaceted incentives. H.E Ambassador Seleshi Bekele, on his part expressed the Embassy’s readiness to support investment and trade flow through promoting opportunities that exist in Ethiopia, brokering knowledge that magnify and facilitate investment, and also providing better services for investors. Mrs. Florizelle Lizer, President and CEO of the Corporate Council on Africa, also reassured her offices unwavering commitment to link US investors with Ethiopian counterparts and facilitate an increasing US investment in Ethiopia. Several participants expressed their satisfaction by the forum content and commit for more investment in Ethiopia. Dr Eng Seleshi Bekele Ministry of Finance – Ethiopia
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H.E Ato Ahmed attended the IMF Group of 24 (G-24) conference to discuss efforts of securing sustainable and inclusive growth amidst emerging challenges. During the event, World Bank Group President David Malpass emphasized the ‘importance of concessional resources & the challenge of capital flowing away from development to fund advanced economies’ It was also expressed that the effects of COVID 19, climate change, geopolitical conflicts, debt burden, etc. exacerbated the global fuel and food price inflation.
Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of IMF stressed the need for an urgent globally coordinated measures to address the aforementioned challenges and reclaim a more economically stable and peaceful world. Dr Eng Seleshi Bekele Ministry of Finance – Ethiopia
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