PM Abiy Ahmed to visit Germany and meet with the diaspora at the end of the month

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will travel to Germany for an official visit at the end of October.

He will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other government officials in Berlin on October 30.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel invited him to visit Germany when she phoned him in August to express her support for the ongoing change in the country.

The prime minister has planned his visit in a way to meet with Ethiopians in Europe. There will be events in Paris, France, and in Frankfurt, Germany.

On October 31, Ethiopians will have the occasion to meet with PM Abiy in Frankfurt, according to the Ethiopian Embassy in Germany.  Representatives from more than 80 associations have discussed to coordinate a reception for the prime minister, and a committee is already assigned for it.

According to Mihreteab Muluteta, Consular General in Frankfurt, up to 25,000 Ethiopians who support the ongoing reform in the country are expected to attend the meeting with Abiy Ahmed at Commerzbank-Arena stadium in Frankfurt.