Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, H.E. Demeke Mekonnen, today met with the founder and co-chairperson of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr. Bill Gates.
The two met during the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, which is taking place in Davos, Switzerland.

During their discussion, DPM/FM Demeke said the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has been an important development partner in health and agricultural sectors.
Mr. Demeke also extended his appreciation for the foundation’s activities to improve the lives and livelihoods of rural people. He also requested that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation expand their engagement in Ethiopia.
The founder and co-chairperson of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, said the foundation will continue to support key priority areas of development programs in Ethiopia.

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia has launched a book today that documents major focuses of Ethiopian diplomacy from 1907 to 2023.
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Ambassador Dr. Meles Alem handed over a copy of the book to the seasoned Ethiopian Diplomat, H.E. Ambassador Konjit Sinegiorgis at the book launching event today in the Science Museum.

H.E. Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Ethiopia, present at the ceremony, emphasized the need to highlight Ethiopia’s struggles to protect its interests and the role of its diplomats since the turn of the century.
The book is said to be an attempt to document the country’s diplomatic history, which will provide opportunities to continue doing what works, learn from mistakes, and correct course accordingly.
The book, written in Amharic, provides a bird’s-eye view on an array of issues, demonstrating the ups and downs in Ethiopian diplomacy since the establishment of the Foreign Ministry in 1907.

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(ታኀሣሥ 10 ቀን 2016 ዓ.ም አዲስ አበባ):-የታላቁ የኢትዮጵያ ህዳሴ ግድብ ዋና ተደራዳሪ አምባሳደር ስለሺ በቀለ(ዶ/ር)፣ በታላቁ የኢትዮጵያ ህዳሴ ግድብ የውሃ አሞላልና አለቃቀቅ ዙሪያ ከግብፅና ሱዳን ጋር በተደረገው አራተኛ ዙር ድርድር ዙሪያ በዛሬው እለት ለጋዜጠኞች መግለጫ ሰጥተዋል።
ኢንጅነር ስለሽ በቀለ በመግለጫቸው፣የኢ.ፌ.ዲ.ሪ.ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ክቡር ዐቢይ አህመድ(ዶ/ር)ና የግብጽ ፕሬዝዳንት አብዱልፈታህ አልሲሲ ሐምሌ 2015 ዓ.ም የሰጡትን አቅጣጫ ተከትሎ፣ በኢትዮጵያ፣ ግብፅና ሱዳን መካከል አራት ዙር ድርድሮች መካሄዳቸውን ገልጸዋል።
አራተኛው ዙር የሶስትዮሽ ድርድር ከታህሳስ 7 እስከ 9 ቀን 2016 ዓ.ም በአዲስ አበባ ሲካሄድ የቆየ ቢሆንም መቋጫ ሳያገኝ ተጠናቋል።
በአራቱ ዙር ድርድሮች በበርካታ ጉዳዮች ላይ ስምምነት ቢደረስም ግብፅ በምታራምዳቸው ኢ-ፍትሃዊ አቋሞች ምክኒያት ቁልፍ በሆኑ አንዳንድ ጉዳዮች ላይ መስማማት አልተደረሰም።

በድርድሩ ኢትዮጵያ የመርሆዎች መግለጫ ስምምነትን መሰረት በማድረግ፣ ሶስቱ ሀገራት በፍትሃዊነት፣ በምክንያታዊነት እና በሌሎች ላይ ጉልህ ጉዳት በማያደርስ ሁኔታ የአባይን ውሀ መጠቀም አለባቸው የሚለውን የጋራ ተጠቃሚነት አቋሟን ማራመዷን ዋና ተደራዳሪው አውስተውል።
ግብፅ በተቃራኒው የቅኝ ግዛት ዘመን አቋሞቿን ሳትቀይር የኢትዮጵያን የመጭው ትውልድ የመልማት መብት የሚጋፋ ሀሳቦችን ይዛ መቅረቧን ክቡር አምባሳደር ስለሺ ተናግረዋል።
ኢትዮጵያ የመጪውን ትውልድ የመልማት መብት የሚጋፉ ማንኛውንም አካሄድ እንደማትቀበል ዋና ተደራዳሪው በመግለጫው አስገንዝበዋል።
ዓለም አቀፍ የድንበር ተሻጋሪ ህጎችንና መርሆዎችን መሰረት በማድረግ በድርድር ስምምነት ላይ ለመድረስ ኢትዮጵያ ሁሌም ዝግጁ መሆኗንም አረጋግጠዋል።