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Meeting Held Between H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun and UCB Pharmaceutical Company Representatives*.

Meeting Held Between H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun and UCB Pharmaceutical Company Representatives.
Ethiopia Encourages Belgian Pharmaceutical Investment.
Today, 5 January 2026, Ambassador Eshete Tilahun met with two senior representatives from UCB, a leading Belgian pharmaceutical company, and discussed investment possibilities in Ethiopian. The meeting focused on exploring opportunities in Ethiopia’s rapidly growing healthcare sector, increasing local and regional demand including through the establishment of Regional Hub.
Ambassador Eshete explained about the investment climate, regulatory landscape, and potential areas of partnership that could be mutually beneficial. He emphasized the government’s commitment to welcoming foreign investors and highlighted ongoing reforms and policies aimed at supporting the pharmaceutical industry. He noted the relative advantage of investing in Ethiopia.
The UCB representatives expressed their keen interest in understanding the Ethiopian market and discussed the available avenues for collaboration.
The meeting concluded with UCB colleagues agreeing to further explore concrete steps that would take them to Addis Ababa to participate in March/April 2026 Business Forums, signaling a promising outlook.
*N.B.* _*UCB is an anchor Belgian bio-pharmaceutical company, develops products and solutions for neurological and immunological diseases worldwide.

Ethiopia is taking part in the 37th Annual Meeting of the Governing Council of the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC

Ethiopia is taking part in the 37th Annual Meeting of the Governing Council of the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC)
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The Ethiopian Delegation led by H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun, Governor of Ethiopia to the CFC is participating in the 37th Annual Meeting of the Common Fund for Commodities Governing Council, taking place on 9 and 10 December 2025, in The Hague, The Netherlands.
At today’s session, the Council discussed on wide range of issues to strengthen the organization’s capacity to support commodity-producing countries through financial and technical assistance. Value addition, humanizing value chains and sustainable market access which includes implementation of the CFC’s Strategic Framework for 2025-2035. The progress of new initiatives like the Commodity Impact Investment Facility (CIIF) and the Agricultural Commodities Transformation Fund (ACT).
The Governing Council has adopted the CFC Strategic Framework for the year 2025-2035, the CFC 2025 operational report, the CFC 2026 budget and 2024 audited financial statement. In his statement at the meeting, Ambassador Eshete Tilahun highlighted among others, Ethiopia’s potential in producing commodities including wheat. The endeavours and achievements of the government of Ethiopia in ensuring food security in particular heat resistant wheat production and combating climate change through the Green Legacy Initiative he noted.
While commending the efforts of the CFC in providing financial and technical support to the smallholder farmers and SMEs. Ambassador Eshete also underscored the need to diversify sources of financing to meet growing demands of the commodity producing countries, particularly the Least Developed and Land Linked Countries.

ሃያኛው የኢትዮጵያ ብሔር፣ ብሔረሰቦችና ህዝቦች ቀን በብራሰልስ የኢ.ፌ.ዲ.ሪ. ኤምባሲ በድምቀት ተከበረ፤

ሃያኛው የኢትዮጵያ ብሔር፣ ብሔረሰቦችና ህዝቦች ቀን በብራሰልስ የኢ.ፌ.ዲ.ሪ. ኤምባሲ በድምቀት ተከበረ፤
ሃያኛው የኢትዮጵያ ብሔር፣ ብሔረሰቦችና ህዝቦች ቀን “ዴሞክራሲያዊ መግባባት ለህብረ-ብሄራዊ አንድነት” በሚል መሪ ቃል በብራሰልስ የኢ.ፌ.ዲ.ሪ. ኤምባሲ በቤኔሉክስ ከሚገኙ ኢትዮጵያውያን፣ ትውልደ-ኢትዮጵያውያን እና የኢትዮጵያ ወዳጆች ጋር በድምቀት ተከብሯል። በዓሉን የሃይማኖት አባቶች በጸሎተ ቡራኬ አስጀምረዋል። የሃይማኖት አባቶች ለሀገራችን ሰላም፣ ለህዝቧ አንድነትና ብልጽግና መልካም ምኞታቸውንም ገልጸዋል።
በዓሉን በማስመልከት ክቡር አምባሳደር እሸቴ ጥላሁን ባስተላለፉት መልዕክት በበርካታ ስኬቶች ታጅቦ የሚከበረው የዘንድሮው በዓል የመተሳሰብ፣ የመግባባትና አንድነትን የማጠናክር አጀንዳን ቀዳሚ ብሔራዊ ጉዳያችን በማድረግ ነው ብለዋል። ህብረ-ብሔራዊ አንድነትን ኢትዮጵያ በማጎልበት ሰላምን ለማረጋገጥ በጋራ መስራት እንደሚጠበቅብን ገልፀዋል።
የአገራችን ሕዝቦች እርስ በርስ እንዲቀራረቡ እና ያላቸውን እምቅ የባህል እና ቁሳዊ ሀብት እንዲጠቀሙ ተግቶ መስራት እንደሚገባ፣ ለብሔራዊ አጀንዳዎቻችን በጋራ በመቆም የኢትዮጵያን ጥቅም ማስከበር አስፈላጊ እንደሆነ አስምረውበታል። ኢትዮጵያ ዋስትናው የተረጋገጠ የባህር በር እንዲኖራት ለማድረግ ሰላማዊ እና በትብብር ላይ የተመሰረተ የዲፕሎማሲ ትግል ማድረግ አስፈላጊ በመሆኑ፣ በአንድነት ለዚሁ እንድንቆም ጥሪ አስተላልፈዋል።
የበዓሉን ዓላማ የሚያስገነዝብ ሰነድ በኤምባሲው ከፍተኛ የፖለቲካ ባለሙያ አቶ ኦብሳ ተሰማ ቀርቦ በታዳሚዎች ውይይት ተደርጎበታል።
በዓሉን በማስመልከት ብራሰልስ የሚገኘው የአፋር ኮሚኒቲ ተወካዮች ባህላዊ ሙዚቃና ጭፈራ አቅርበዋል። የሶማሌ ኮሚኒቲ አባላት ባህላዊ ጭፈራ ያቀረቡ ሲሆን የብሔር፣ ብሔረሰቦችና ህዝቦች ሙዚቃ፣ የኬክና ዳቦ ቆረሳ፣ ባህላዊ ምግብ እንዲሁም የቡና ስነ-ሥርዓት ለበዓሉ ተጨማሪ ድምቀት ሰጥተውታል።

በብራሰልስ የኢ.ፌ.ዲ.ሪ. ኤምባሲ በኔዘርላንድስ አምስተርዳም በመገኘት የቆንስላ አገልግሎት ሰጠ፣

በብራሰልስ የኢ.ፌ.ዲ.ሪ. ኤምባሲ በኔዘርላንድስ አምስተርዳም በመገኘት የቆንስላ አገልግሎት ሰጠ፣
በብራሰልስ የኢ.ፌ.ዲ.ሪ. ኤምባሲ ለዜጎች የሚሰጠውን አገልግሎት ተደራሽነት ለማስፋት ኖቬምበር 29 ቀን 2025 ዓ.ም. በኔዘርላንድስ አምስተርዳም ከተማ በመገኘት ለአካባቢው ነዋሪ ኢትዮጵያውያንና ትውልደ- ኢትዮጵያውያን ሰነዶችን የማረጋገጥ(Authentication/Legalization)፣ ውክልና (PoA) የመስጠት እና የመሻር፣ ለሚኒስቴር መስሪያ ቤቶች የድጋፍ ደብዳቤዎች መስጠት፣ የትውልደ-ኢትዮጵያዊ መታወቂያ እና ፓስፖርት እድሳት፣ የልደት ሰርተፍኬት እና የዳያስፖራ ባንክ አካውንት መክፈት የቆንስላና የዳያስፖራ አገልግሎቶችን ሰጥቷል።
የዳያስፖራ ኮሚዩኒቲ አባላት አገልግሎቱን በቅርበት ማግኘት በመቻላቸው ደስተኛ መሆናቸውን ገልፀው፤ መሰል ፕሮግራሞች በተደጋጋሚ እንዲዘጋጁ ጠይቀዋል።
ከአገልግሎቱ ጎን ለጎን ኤምባሲው ባደረገው ጥሪ መሰረት፣ ለአብርሆት ቤተ-መጽሀፍት የሚሆኑ የማህበራዊ እና የተፈጥሮ ሳይንስ መፅሃፍቶች በዳያስፖራው አባላት ተለግሰዋል። በተጨማሪም ለታላቁ ህዳሴ ግድብ ድጋፍ የሚውል የቦንድ ሽያጭ ተከናውኗል።

The Ethiopian Embassy Team participated in the 2025 African Ambassadors’ Event hosted by Netherland’s Africa Business Council (NABC).

The Ethiopian Embassy Team participated in the 2025 African Ambassadors’ Event hosted by Netherland’s Africa Business Council (NABC).
At the tailored roundtable discussion with selected Dutch companies, Ambassador Eshete highlighted Ethiopia’s dynamic investment landscape and emphasized the country’s commitment to strengthening bilateral economic ties with the Netherlands. He outlined priority sectors for Dutch Companies including particularly in their absolute competitive advantage in the Agricultural Productivity. He noted agro-processing, renewable energy, logistics, and large scale manufacturing are lucrative business choices.
Business representatives requested how the recent policy reforms positioned the process of enhancing ease in doing business better in Ethiopia.
Ambassador Eshete and his colleague explained the transforming business environment and underscored the need to awake from risk averse sendrom by utilizing the EU Global Gateway facilities.
Participating companies expressed their keen interest in expanding business-to-business (B2B) cooperation and exploring concrete trade and investment opportunities with their Ethiopian counterparts.
Ambassador Eshete reaffirmed the Embassy’s readiness to support Dutch investors through targeted matchmaking, institutional facilitation, and follow-up engagement. All the interested companies were invited to participate in the upcoming EU-Ethiopia Business and Investment Forum in April 2026 scheduled to take place in Addis Ababa.At the event the European Union Global Gateway initiative practical future was presented.

Ambassador Eshete Tilahun and his team take part in the EU-Western India Ocean Maritime Security Roundtable discussion.

Ambassador Eshete Tilahun and his team take part in the EU-Western India Ocean Maritime Security Roundtable discussion.
The European External Actions Service (EEAS) organized a roundtable meeting to discuss Maritime Security in the Western India Ocean on 28 November 2028.
Ambassadors and Senior Embassy Representatives of the Djibouti Code of Conduct (DCoC) and the Jeddah Amendment (JM) Member States in Brussels participated in this roundtable discussion on how to improve information sharing and enhancing cooperation to address threats to maritime security. Reinforcements of the community interests in the Western India Ocean in particularly those covered by the Djibouti Code of Conduct were highlighted.
During the discussion Ambassador Eshete reaffirmed Ethiopia’s commitment to ensure the objectives of the Djibouti Code of Conduct framework and underscored the importance of interlinkage between inland and maritime security threats.
In the discussion several priorities were identified, including to improve coordination, cooperation and collaboration to reinforce maritime security by streamlining information sharing, both inside the Djibouti Code of Conduct framework member states and from external partners to the region.
The Djibouti Code of Conduct (DCoC) is a regional framework for maritime cooperation, initially adopted in 2009 to combat piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of Aden and the western Indian Ocean. An extension, the Jeddah Amendment, was adopted in 2017 to broaden its scope to include other illicit activities like human trafficking, illegal fishing, and maritime terrorism. The code is based on four pillars: capacity building, regional training, national legislation, and information sharing.
Ethiopia is a signatory to the Djibouti Code of Conduct (DCoC) in 2009 and Jeddah Amendment (JA) in 2017.

Nature is calling for research adventure tour from the Land of Origins!

Nature is calling for research adventure tour from the Land of Origins!
The long-silent Hayli Gubbi volcano has erupted for the first time in 10,000 years, right in the spectacular Danakil Depression, near the iconic Erta Ale and the surreal colors of Dallol.
Imagine watching fresh lava flow and walk in the newly lava created terrain, feeling the Earth’s heat. Standing in the very Rift Valley where Lucy, our 3.2 million year old ancestor, was discovered will be an exceptional experience.
Afar, the land of glowing lava lakes, salt deserts & Dallol’s neon landscapes, newborn volcanic formations, where the legacy of Lucy can also be explored.
If you’ve ever dreamed of witnessing a living planet, this is your moment.

H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun delivers National Statement on the General Debate Session of the CSP-30

H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun delivers National Statement on the General Debate Session of the CSP-30
On the Second day of the Session of the 30th Conference of State Parties to the Organization for Prohibifion of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) during the course of the General Debate session of the conference, Ambassador Eshete delivered our statement highlighting among other elements, National implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention within the context of the country framework, and expresed strong commitment to supporting the work of the organization.

The Ambassador also underscored the importance of cooperation through capacity building with a special focus on the Africa programmes.

The Thirtieth Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Convention of Chemical Weapons opened on the 24th of November 2025 in The Hague, the Netherlands and will continue till 28 November 2025.

Ambassador Eshete Tilahun meets Mrs. Martine van Hoovstraten

Ambassador Eshete Tilahun meets Mrs. Martine van Hoovstraten
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H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun held comprehensive discussion with Mrs. Martine van Hoovstraten, Acting Director for Africa Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 24 November 2025.
In the discussion bilateral, regional and global political, security and humanitarian issues were highlighted.
Ambassador Eshete provided briefing on the current peace and security situation in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa Region. He emphasized that the government of Ethiopia is committed to a peaceful resolution of conflicts and encourages multiparty political system.
Ambassador Eshete also noted meeting of Prime Ministers of the two countries at the sidelines of the G20 Summit Johannesburg. He expressed appreciation to the Netherlands’ Government for identifying the Horn of Africa as a focal region in Africa, with Ethiopia as core partner of development cooperation.
Mrs. Martine van Hoogstraten on her part acknowledged the role The two sides have agreed to strengthen the interaction and reaffirmed their commitment to cooperate on bilateral and regional issues of common concern

Ethiopia is taking part in the 30th Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convestion (CWC)

Ethiopia is taking part in the 30th Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convestion (CWC)
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A delegation led by H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun, Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the Organisation of the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is taking part on the 30th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convetion (CWC) in the Hague, the Netherlands.

During its first day psession the Conference has elected H.E. Ambassador Agustín Vásquez Gómez, Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the OPCW, as the Chairperson of the 30th Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention.

The session also adopted agenda that bring together the 193 member states’ intetests and concerns particularly implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention. The Organization has a mandate inspecting and verifying non peaceful use of chemical weapons and the distraction of stockpiles of chemical weapons.

The OPCW was established in 1997 and Ethiopia as victim of chemical weapons attack is a founding member