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H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun conferred with Volver Consulting team

H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun conferred with Volver Consulting team
On 30 September 2025, H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun held a meeting with representatives from Volver Consulting. The objective of the discussion was to explore avenues for attracting investment to Ethiopia and enhancing access for Ethiopian products in the European market.
The Volver Consulting team provided insights into potential collaboration opportunities within the agribusiness and manufacturing sectors. They expressed their willingness to actively participate in efforts aimed at facilitating export trade and increasing investment inflow to Ethiopia.
Ambassador Eshete Tilahun on his part outlined the current demand for investments and export trade commodities in Ethiopia. He assured the Volver Consulting team of the Embassy’s commitment to supporting and facilitating business connections between Ethiopia and interested parties

ክብርት የጤና ሚኒስትር ዶ/ር መቅደስ ዳባ Heath and Prosperity through Immunization ዓለም አቀፍ ጉባዔ ላይ ተሳተፉ

ክብርት የጤና ሚኒስትር ዶ/ር መቅደስ ዳባ Heath and Prosperity through Immunization ዓለም አቀፍ ጉባዔ ላይ ተሳተፉ፣
ጁን 25 ቀን 2025 ዓ.ም. Gavi the Vaccine Alliance ከአውሮፓ ህብረት እና ጌትስ ፋውንዴሽን ጋር በመተባበር ባዘጋጁት ፣ ከ2026–2030 ቢያንስ 8 ሚሊዮን ህይወትን አደጋ ለመታደግ ፣ ዓለማችንን ከግጭት እና ከአየር ንብረት ለውጥ ለመከላከል ያለመ የቃል-መግባት (ገቢ ማሰባሰቢያ) ጉባኤ ላይ አገራችን በክብርት የጤና ሚኒስትር ዶ/ር መቅደስ ዳባ በኩል ተሳትፎ አድርጋለች።
በቃል መግባት ጉባዔው 10 የሀገር መሪዎች እና 24 ሚኒስትሮችን ጨምሮ 55 የለጋሽ እና ተባባሪ ሀገራት ተወካዮች እንዲሁም የባለብዙ ወገን ተቋማት ፣ሲቪል ማህበረሰብ ፣የግሉ ሴክተር እና የክትባት ኢንዱስትሪ መሪዎች ተሳትፈዋል።
ክብርት ሚኒስትር በጉባዔው ባስተላለፉት መልዕክት በክትባት አቅርቦት ላይ መዋዕለ ንዋይን በማፍሰስ የተሻለ ነገ እንዲፈጠር ጥሪ አስተላልፈዋል።
በጉባዔው ከ9 ቢሊዮን ዶላር በላይ አጋር አገራትና ለጋሾች ድጋፍ ለማድረግ ቃል ገብተዋል። በሚቀጥሉት ወራት ተጨማሪ ለጋሾች ቃል እንደሚገቡ ይጠበቃል። ጉባኤው በ Gavi African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator በኩል የአፍሪካ የክትባት ሉዓላዊነትን እንደሚደግፍ አረጋግጧል።
ክብርት ዶ/ር መቅደስ ከጉባዔው ማጠናቀቂያ በኋላ በብራሰልስ የኢ.ፌ.ዲ.ሪ. ኤምባሲ በመገኘት ከዲፕሎማቶች ጋር ውይይት አድርገዋል፣ በጋራ ስለሚሰሩ ስራዎችም ማብራሪያ ሰጥተዋል።

Foreign affairs ministers of the European Union and the African Union met on 21 May 2025 for the third time to take stock of progress made since the sixth EU-AU Summit of February 2022.

Foreign affairs ministers of the European Union and the African Union met on 21 May 2025 for the third time to take stock of progress made since the sixth EU-AU Summit of February 2022.
Ministers exchanged views on the EU-AU partnership and how to further strengthen cooperation in this landmark year marking the 25th anniversary of their enduring and unique partnership.
H.E. Dr. Gedion Timotheos, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia delivered remarks at the Ministerial debate on the thematic issue concerning Prosperity.
He underlined the need for scaling up investment under the Global Gateway Initiative and stressed the necessity to achieve tangible results beyond declarations.
The Minister highlighted AU’s Agenda 2063 and projects like the AfCFTA, CAADP, PIDA, Clean and Renewable Energy Investment remain important. Sustainable agri-food systems to ensure sovereignty and national security were also highlighted in the staments of the Minister.
Dr. Gedion urged alignment of the EU regulations like the EUDR with Africa’s trade frameworks particularly the Everything But Arms. He mentioned the significance of protecting smallholder farmers from unintended burdens of new regulations and abruptly introduced regulations.
Dr. Gedion also emphasized how the Africa-EU collaboration in Artificial Intelligence Digitalization, and innovation leverage prosperity. He called for joint investment for shared prosperity, and Ethiopia’s readiness for business.

Ethiopia -Malta Bilateral Meeting held 21 May 2025

Ethiopia -Malta Bilateral Meeting held 21 May 2025
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H.E. Dr. Gedion Timothewos, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia had met and discussed with Dr. lan Borg, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tourism of the Republic of Malta on the side lines of the Third AU-EU Joint Ministerial Meeting.
The Ministers reaffirmed their commitment to further enhance the already existing good relations between Ethiopia and Malta. They underscored partnerships of the two countries are built on shared values of both nations.
The Ministers emphasized the importance of strengthening their existing partnership in key areas of cooperation.

President of Addis Chamber and Belgian Ambassador to Ethiopia held discussions to revamp trade and investment

President of Addis Chamber and Belgian Ambassador to Ethiopia held discussions to revamp trade and investment
(Addis Ababa, April 30, 2025)
As part of the reform program being undertaken, Addis Chamber is taking bold measures to boost partnership on the basis of mutual interest and cooperation.
The extension of such endeavors are reflected in recent period when president, board of directors and senior management of Addis Chamber presumes discussions aims at bolstering mutual cooperation.
In a latest move, President of Addis Chamber, Mrs. Zehara Mohammed, warmly received Belgian Ambassador to Ethiopia to her office, H.E Annelies MG Verstichel Brussel.
In their discussion president of Addis Chamber Mrs. Zehara Mohammed applauds the commitment of Belgian Ambassador and her endeavor to enhancing strategic ties and partnership between the Belgian Embassy and Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce to promote trade and investment between businesses of the two nations.
During their meeting Mrs. Zehara also said, “Our Chamber is keen to solidify collaboration and unlock new opportunities for growth, trade, and investment, and will be working closely with the embassy to enhance business-to-business relations and explore the diverse opportunities both countries offer”.
Expressing her delight to meet Chambers high profile officials, Belgian Ambassador to Ethiopia H.E Annelies MG Verstichel Brussel, underscores the interests of Belgian businesses to trade on textile, health sector, such as pharmaceuticals, medical waste management and recycling.
H.E Annelies MG also disclosed about the upcoming trade mission event that is expected to be hosted in June this year to bring Belgian businesses to Ethiopia and urged local businesses to make use of such opportunities for better future.
Such mutual cooperation unfolding between the two will also address the challenge of access to business information, cooperating to host/ support the upcoming B2B/ Belgium Business mission/, capacity building, sharing, exchanging, and disseminating business and investment opportunity platforms and information to Addis Chamber members to support informed decision-making.
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The Embassy held a Discussion with the Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg

The Embassy held a Discussion with the Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg
H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun and his delegation paid a courtesy call and held substantive discussion meeting with Mr. Carlo THELEN, the CEO/Director General of the Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg and Mr. Thomas Bertrand, Senior Advisor at the Chamber on 27 February 2025.
During the discussion, Ambassador Eshete presented an overview of Ethiopia’s ongoing political and economic reforms, emphasizing the opportunities these changes present for foreign investors. The meeting was focused on strengthening partnership, trade and investment ties between Ethiopia and Luxembourg. Identifying key sectors where Luxembourg could play significant role in the economic development.
Mr. Thelen and his team noted the strong link the chamber has with the Ethiopian Embassy and recalled the trade/business mission to Ethiopia in 2016. The importance of promoting trade and investment opportunities to members of the chamber and continued engagements were stressed by both sides. Prior to the meeting Ambassador Eshete briefly met with Mr. Fernand Ernster, the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg.