“ሰላም፣ ፍትህ እና ዕድገት ለኢትዮጵያ” የተሰኘ የዳያስፖራ ምሁራን ህብረት አባላት የካቲት 1 ቀን 2016 ዓ.ም. ከክቡር አምባሳደር ዶ/ር ስለሺ በቀለ ጋር በወቅታዊ ሀገራዊ ጉዳዮች ዙሪያ በበይነ-መረብ መድረክ ውይይት አደረጉ።
በውይይቱ ወቅት የህብረቱ አባላት በትኩረት ካነሱዋቸው ጉዳዮች መካከል በውጭ ሀገር የሚኖሩ ኢትጵያዊያንና ትውልደ ኢትዮጵየዊያን ለሀገራቸው በእውቀታቸው፣ በገንዘባቸውና አቅማቸው በሚፈቅደው ሁሉ ለአገራቸው ሰላምና እድገት የበኩላቸውን አስተዋጽኦ ማበርከት እንደሚገባቸው፣ ግጭቶች በሰላማዊ መንገድ አንዲፈቱ የሁሉም ኢትዮጵያውያንና ትውልደ ኢትዮጵያውያን ርብርብ ወሳኝ መሆኑን፣ አደረጃጀታቸው በቀጣይ የዳያስፖራው ማህበረሰብ አባላትን በማስተባበር ከሀገሪቱ ልማት ጎን መቆም ዋነኛ ዓላማቸው መሆኑን ያሳወቁት ተሳታፊዎቹ፣ በአገራችን የተከሰቱ ግጭቶች በሰላማዊ መንገድ እንዲፈቱ ጽኑ እምነታቸው መሆኑን ከመግለጽ ባሻገር ለተግባራዊነቱም እንደሚንቀሳቀሱ ገልጸዋል።

ክቡር አምባሳደሩ በበኩላቸው የህብረቱ አባላት ለሰላም ያላቸውን ተነሳሽነት አድንቀው መንግስት ሁልጊዜም ለሰላም ቅድሚያ ሰጥቶ የሚሠራ መሆኑን በመግለጽ፣ ከህብረቱ አባላት በአስተያየትና ጥያቄ መልኩ በተነሱ ጉዳዮች ላይ ሰፋ ያለ ዝርዝር ማብራሪያና ምላሽ ከሰጡ በኋላ ኤምባሲው ሁለንተናዊ የዳያስፖራ ተሳትፎን ለማረጋገጥ በቀጣይ ከማህበሩ አባላት ጋር ይበልጥ ተቀራርቦ ለመስራት ያለውን ዝግጁነት ገልጸውላቸዋል።

Today is a day of great pride for Ethiopians as we celebrate the official handover of “Tsehay” by the Italian Government. I extend my immense gratitude to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for her support over the past year in facilitating its return.

“Tsehay” is the first aircraft built in Ethiopia in 1935, under the collaborative efforts of the German engineer and pilot of the emperor, Herr Ludwig Weber, and Ethiopian individuals of that era.

PM Abiy Ahmed has joined other African leaders at the Italy-Africa Summit hosted by Italian PM Giorgia Meloni. The summit is being held under the theme ‘a bridge for a common growth’. During the summit, Italy’s proposed ‘Mattei Plan’ for Africa will be discussed.

In a ceremony hosted by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Italy, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been awarded the prestigious FAO Agricola Medal, according to the organization, for his vision, leadership and commitment to food security and nutrition as well as the pursuit of innovative solutions in wheat self-sufficiency in the context of fast-changing and challenging circumstances.

The Prime Minister received the Agricola Medal in the presence of high-level delegates of various countries, representatives of international organizations, diplomatic missions in Italy and private sector representatives.
For the past five years, Ethiopia has been making critical investments in the agricultural sector and pursuing wheat self sufficiency endeavors marking significant growth across major commodities.

(ጥር 18 ቀን 2016 ዓ.ም.አዲስ አበባ):-የኢፌዲሪ ምክትል ጠ/ሚኒስትርና የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትር ክቡር አቶ ደመቀ መኮንን ዓመታዊው የአምባሳደሮች ውይይት ዛሬ ሲጠናቀቅ የስራ መመሪያ በሰጡበት ወቅት ሚሲዮኖች የዲፕሎማሲ አድማስ ከፍ በማድረግ የኢትዮጵያን ተፈላጊነት ተደራሽ እና ተደማጭነት እንዲጨምር ለማድረግ መስራት ይጠበቅባቸዋል ብለዋል ።

በማጠቃለያው ክቡር አቶ ደመቀ ያልደርሰንባችው አለም ሀገራት አከባቢዎች ትኩረት ሰጥተን ፣ግንኝነት እንዲጠናከር እንሰራለን እንዲሁም የሁለትዮሽ ግንኙት እንዲጠናከር አዳዲሰ ወዳጆችን ለማብዛት ብሪክስን ጨምሮ ፣በኢጋድ፣አፍረካ ህብረትን ፣የተባበሩት መንግሰታትን እና ለሎች ባለ ብዙ ወግኖች አስተዋጽኦ ለማድረግ ብለዋል።
በአፍረካ ቀንድ ፣ጎሮበቶቻን ዲፕሎማሲ በተመለከተ የበለጠ ዝግጅነት የሚጠይቅ በመሆኑ ተጨባጭ ፣ ሁኔታዎችን በመከተታል በጋራ እንሰራለን ።የኢኮኖሚ ዲፕሎማሰያችን የውጭ ግንኙነት ስራችን ከፍተኛ የትኩረት አቅጣጫ ሆኖ እንደሚቀጠል ገልጿል።
ከአገሮች ጋር ያለን የሁለትዮሽ ግንኘነት እንዲጠናከር እና የባለብዙ ወገን ዲፕሎማሲያችን እንዲሰፋ በማድረግ የአገራችን ብሄራዊ ጥቅም ማረጋገጥ ይገባል ክቡር አቶ ደመቀ መኮንን ብለዋል ።

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, H.E. Demeke Mokonnen, today met with the UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, Etleva Kadilli.
During the meeting, Mr. Demeke appreciated UNICEF’s continued support of humanitarian assistance programs, particularly for vulnerable children.
He requested that UNICEF scale up its support for the populations affected by conflict and climate change.

UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, Etleva Kadilli, said currently, UNICEF is working in Ethiopia to provide humanitarian assistance to conflict and disaster-affected children.
She requested that the government of Ethiopia provide support to reach children who are living in remote areas.
UNICEF is one of the leading development actors among the UN agencies working on humanitarian response efforts in Ethiopia.

It has been stated that the Diplomatic Exhibition has made it possible to show Ethiopia’s centuries-old diplomatic journey and gain global support.
In a press statement given to journalists today, the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Dr. Meles Alem, said that thousands of officials and workers from 126 institutions, in addition to citizens and foreigners, attended the Diplomacy Exhibition being held at the Science Museum.
About 700 diplomats based in Addis Ababa, and 152 journalists and photographers from the federal, state and city administrations, government and private media houses also covered the exhibition, said the Spokesperson, Ambassador Dr. Meles.
He explained that the second generation Ethiopians who came home at the invitation of H.E. Prime Minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, made the visit and expressed their support for their country.
The ambassador also mentioned about the two books that are published by the Ministry and their significance in preserving the memory of the institution and the general diplomatic history of the country.”
Concurrently, Ambassador Dr. Meles Alem, stated that ambassadors and mission leaders of Ethiopian embassies are having all rounded discussions on ways of further protecting the national interests of the country.
The ambassadors are expected to make a field visit in addition to the discussion that focuses on political, economic and social; regional, continental and global issues in the forum that lasted more than a week now.
On the other hand, the necessary preparations are being made for the 37th African Union summit, which will be held from February 17 to 18, 2024.

During today’s session of the Annual Ethiopian Ambassadors Retreat, various papers highlighting manifold regional and geopolitical shifts and issues of peace, security and development were presented by heads of missions, director generals, veteran diplomats as well as senior researchers from the Institute of Foreign Affairs.
Foreign Policy Advisor to H.E. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Minister, H.E. Ambassador Taye Atske-Selassie also briefed the envoys on the need to protect the national interests of Ethiopia with a better understanding of the global situation and to foster foreign relations predicated on forging consensus, friendship, cooperation and diversification of partnerships.

Diplomacy is a multi-stakeholder endeavour that requires seamless synergy and cooperation among key stakeholders to achieve key foreign policy priorities, Ambassador Taye stated.
In his concluding remarks, State Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Ambassador Mesganu Arga said, Ethiopia’s diplomats together with partners should champion an assertive diplomatic posture and heads of missions overseas ought to discharge their leadership duties in manner that is cognizant of major geopolitical dynamics.
Multiplying partnerships and alliances should also be the hallmark of Ethiopia’s foreign relations that is geared towards protecting and promoting our national interests, the State Minister stressed.
The discussion session was moderated by State Minister Ambassador Mesganu Arga.