Month: April 2025

በቤኔሉክስ ከሚኖሩ ኢትዮጵያዊያንና ትውልደ ኢትጵያውያን ጋር የበይነ መረብ ውይይት ተካሄደ፡፡

በቤኔሉክስ ከሚኖሩ ኢትዮጵያዊያንና ትውልደ ኢትጵያውያን ጋር የበይነ መረብ ውይይት ተካሄደ፡፡
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በቤኔሉክስ ነዋሪ ከሆኑ ኢትዮጵያዊያንና ትውልደ ኢትጵያውያን ጋር በአገራችን ወቅታዊና የፖለቲካ አጀንዳዎች፣ ለታላቁ የኢትዮጵያ ህዳሴ ግድብ ድጋፍና የቦንድ ግዢ መጋቢት 27 ቀን 2017 ዓ.ም. የበይነ መረብ ውይይት ተካሂዷል። የውይይት መድረኩን ክቡር አምባሳደር እሸቴ ጥላሁን የመሩት ሲሆን፤ በመጠናቀቅ ላይ ለሚገኘው የኢትዮጵያ ታላቁ ህዳሴ ግድብ የሃብት ማሰባሰብ እንዲቀጥልና ሁሉም የበኩሉን አሻራ እንዲያኖር ጠይቀዋል፡፡ መቻቻል ለኢትዮጵያ ፖለቲካ፤ ለውጥ፣ ልማድ እና ሪፎርም በተሰኙ ሁለት ርእሶችም ሰፊ ገለጻ እና ውይይት ተደርጓል፡፡ ሦስት የጽሁፍ አቅራቢዎች በየርእሶቹ የመወያያ መሪ ሃሳቦችን ያቀረቡ ሲሆን፣ ተሰብሳቢዎች የሚሰማቸውን ደጋፊና የተለዩ ነጥቦች በማንሳት አስተያየታቸውን አሰምተዋል፡፡
በውይይቱ ለተነሱ ጥያቄዎች እና አስተያየቶች ምላሽ የተሰጠ ሲሆን፣ በተለይም ታላቁ የኢትዮጵያ ህዳሴ ለመላው አፍሪካ መነቃቃትን የፈጠረ፣ የውጭ አገር መንግሥታትና ተቋማት የገንዘብ ድጋፍ ሳይኖር በራስ አቅም ታላላቅ ፕሮጀክቶችን መገንባት እንደሚቻል በመላው አፍሪካ ሞዴል የሚሆን ሥራ እንደተከናወነ ተገልጿል፡፡ በስብሰባው የተገኙ ታዳሚዎች በቦንድ ግዢ እና በስጦታ እንዲሳተፉና ቃልም እንዲገቡ ተደርጓል፡፡ በውይይቱ ማጠቃለያ ዲስፖራው የአገራዊ ልማት ተሳትፎን በማሳደግ፣ በወቅታዊ ጉዳዮች ሃሳብ በመስጠትና በሰላማዊ የፖለቲካ ስርዓት ግንባታ አስተዋጽኦ ለማድረግ እና ለተሻለ ውጤት በጋራ ለመስራት መልእክት ተላልፋል፡፡

The Embassy of Ethiopia in Brussels, in cooperation with CBL-ACP held Investment and Trade Promotion Event on 3 April 2025

The Embassy of Ethiopia in Brussels, in cooperation with CBL-ACP held Investment and Trade Promotion Event on 3 April 2025
The Investment and Trade Promotion event was organized to brief Companies registered for the Business Mission planned in Ethiopia from 1 to 4 June 2025. H.E Ambassador Eshete Tilahun welcomed participants. In his introductory remarks he highlighted the untapped potential of Ethiopia’s market and called upon Businesses from Belgium and Luxembourg not to miss opportunities in Agricultural sector as a whole and Agro-processing, Pharmaceutical, Tourism, Mining and ICT. He assured investors that the government of Ethiopia is committed to facilitate the success of all interested businesses.
H.E Jeanne Crauser, Ambassador of Luxembourg to Ethiopia was in the meeting while H.E Annelies Verstichel, Ambassador of Belgiuim to Ethiopia and the AU has attended virtually. The two Ambassadors have addressed and encouraged participants. They underscored why investing in Ethiopia is attractive and profitable. They expressed their commitment to support all the interested businesses.
The event brought together 40 participants from different companies in the BENELUX countries. Concerned stakeholders ranging from Ethiopian Investment Commission, Ethiopian Airlines, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce and Sectorial Associations and discussed the upcoming Business Mission in Addis Ababa. The Vice President of CBL-ACP Mr. Dominiek Viaene highlighted the merit of closer business ties with Ethiopia and offer his support for the success of the Business Mission. Commercial Director of CBL-ACP Mr. Thomas De Beule, Ethiopian Airlines Area Manager of BENELUX Mr. Solomon Endale along with Executive Director of the Eastern African Association Mrs. Agnes Gitau, and Mr. Ben Depraetere, President of Eurocham, addressed the gathering, and promised to facilitate visit of the business owners and representatives. Participants had also a working luncheon and held discussions on scores of issues.

H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun held meeting with H.E. Ambassador Kristaps Brusbārdis.

H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun held meeting with H.E. Ambassador Kristaps Brusbārdis.
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Ambassador Eshete held the bilateral discussion at the office of H.E. Mr. Brusbārdis, Ambassador of Latvia in the Peace Security Committee (PSC) of the European Union on 2 April 2025.
The Ambassadors exchanged views on bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual concerns. Ambassador Eshete provided briefing on Ethiopia’s efforts to promote peace, security and good governance. He explained Ethiopia’s commitment and engagement in supporting the peace processes in Sudan, South Sudan and Somalia. He also highlighted that Ethiopia is hosting a large number of refugees from neighbouring countries, which is significantly pressurizing humanitarian efforts in the country. The European Union’s support in this regard is instrumental, he stated.
Ambassador Brusbārdis on his part underscored the importance of the European union is attaching to its deterrence and security.
The Ambassadors reflected on the current political and security situation of the Horn of Africa and stressed the importance of continued cooperation between Ethiopia and the European Union.
They also agreed on the need to further strengthening bilateral cooperation between Ethiopia and Latvia. They emphasized theimportance of maintaining communication and exchange of views on issues of mutual concerns.

H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun Meets with H.E. Mr. Steven Collet

H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun Meets with H.E. Mr. Steven Collet
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Ambassador Eshete Tilahun, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the BENELUX and the EU Institutions held discussion with Mr. Steven Collet, Vice Minister for International Cooperation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 1 April 2025 in the Hague.
During the meeting the two officials exchanged views on bilateral issues concerning development cooperation, trade and investment opportunities as well as peace and security in the Horn of Africa. They also exchanged views regarding the humanitarian situation in the conflicts affected areas of the region. Geopolitical, regional and country specific issues were also highlighted.
Ambassador Eshete expressed his appreciation to the Netherlands government for prioritizing the Horn of Africa as a development cooperation partner region in Africa. Ethiopia is the obvious major partner country in the Horn of Africa in terms of investment, trade and development cooperation with the kingdom of the Netherlands.
Ambassador Eshete briefed the Vice Minister on the current peace and security situation in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa Region. He emphasized the government’s commitment for peaceful resolution of conflicts and the opening up of the political space in the Ethiopia.
He also explained the opportunities that the ongoing Home Grown Economic Reforto and underlined the need to further encourage the Dutch Investors to take advantage of the recent macro-economic reforms and various opportunities to do business in Ethiopia for mutual benefit.
The Vice Minister Mr. Collet on his part acknowledged the role of Ethiopia in ensuring peace and stability at regional level and appreciated the recent reforms.
Both sides agreed to deepen the consultations and reaffirmed their commitment to cooperate on bilateral and regional issues of common concern.