Recapping major diplomatic rapprochement success of 2023

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the 41st Extraordinary Session of IGAD Assembly discussing various issues of regional importance, such as security, trade, infrastructure, energy, and climate change.

 Vladimir Putin met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi.

 Abiy conferred with President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamed of Somalia on bilateral and regional issues of mutual interest.

 Ethiopia and China announced ‘All Weather Strategic Cooperation Partnership’ to elevating of partnership between the two countries. During the occasion, the elevation of partnership between the two countries from Comprehensive and Enduring Strategic Cooperative Partnership to an ‘All Weather Strategic Cooperation Partnership’ level has been announced.

 Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and discussed on a range of issues critical to the U.S.-Ethiopia relationship.

 Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has conferred with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the Compact with Africa Summit.

 Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed received General Abdelfattah Alburhan, President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council of Sudan and his delegation at Bole International Airport.

BY COMPILED BY STAFF REPORTER

THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD SUNDAY EDITION 31 DECEMBER 2023

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