Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, who is on a six days tour to Africa, met with Prime minister Abiy Ahmed and President Sahle-Work Zewde in Addis Ababa on 9 January. The president expressed Ethiopia\u2019s interest in furthering relation with Ireland based on the principle of mutual benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Irish Primer said that Ireland supports political and economic reforms that Ethiopia is undertaking and is determined to their deepen trade and investment relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also expressed his will to foster a stronger relationship with Africa. RTE, Irish news source, quoted him as saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we in Ireland and Europe do not get more involved in this region and invest in this region, we risk opening a space for other countries to enter, be it China or Saudi Arabia or Russia. We need to make sure we are here, and we are crowding in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ireland is one of the west European countries active in development work in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During his meeting with Abiy Ahmed, Prime minister Varadkar discussed Irish-Ethiopian links, which have been in place for 25 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Varadkar said that he had sought further support for Ireland’s bid for a place on the United Nations Security Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also said that Mr. Ahmed had sought his view on Brexit, adding “Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was aware of it and regretted it was happening because Ethiopia and Africa want a strong Europe and a united Europe”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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