Professor Afework Kassu Gizaw, Director General of Armauer Hansen Research Institute has represented Ethiopia in the deliberations of the Investors Council meeting of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) in Brussels that took place from 11- 13 March 2024. On the sideline, he had fruitful discussions with the Director General of the Belgian Development Cooperation, the CEO of CEPI, the board chair of CEPI, and representatives of the EU Commission on various issues including vaccine production. He also met with the diplomats of the embassy and voiced the importance of working in collaboration in pharmaceutical and health sector development and the need to look for partners in this regard.
H.E. Ambassador Hirut Zemene Kassa held a Fruitful Consultation with the New CBL ACP chair
H.E. Ambassador Hirut Zemene Kassa conferred with the New Secretary General of CBL- ACP, Mr. Thomas De Beule today on the possibilities of strengthening collaboration between the Embassy of Ethiopia in Brussels and the Belgian Chambers of Commerce. The two sides discussed enhancing business-to-business ties between the Ethiopian and Belgian private sector and Chambers of Commerce.
Ethiopian Arts Exhibition themed “Ethiopia: Land of Origins and Civilization.” Staged In Brussels
Ethiopian art exhibition, the first of its kind, opened on February 26, 2024 at the Embassy of Ethiopia in Brussels, Belgium. The Ethiopian Art Exhibition is being held under the theme of “Ethiopia Land of Origins and Civilization.” Read more
128ኛው የዐድዋ ድል በዓል በዛሬው ዕለት በብራስልስ የኢፌዲሪ ኢምባሴ በደመቀ ሁኔታ ተከበረ
የዐድዋ ድል በዓል “ዐድዋ የጥቁር ህዝቦች ድል” በሚል መሪ ቃል ቤኔሉክስ አገራት የሚኖሩ ኢትዮዽያዊያን፣ትውልደ ኢትዮጵያዊያን እንዲሁም የሚሲዮኑ ባልደረቦች በተገኙበት በደማቅ ስነ ስርዓት ተከብሯል:: በበዓሉ ላይም ክብርት አምባሳደር ሂሩት ዘመነ በዓሉ ለኢትዮዽያዊያን የተለየ ትርጉም ያለው መሆኑን፣የዐድዋ በዓል ለጥቁር ህዝቦች የነፃነት ዓርማ ፋና ወጊ መሆኑን: በዐድዋ ኢትዮጵያዊያን የተጠቀሙበት የጦር ስልትና በአጭር ጊዜ ጦርነቱ መጠናቀቁ ለዘመናዊ የጦር ሳይንስ መማሪያ ሊሆን የሚያስችል እንደሆነና ከሁሉም በላይ ለዐድዋ ድል መገኘት የሁሉም ኢትዮጵያዊ ተሳትፎና የሕብረብሔራዊ አንድነት የተንፀባረቀበት እንደነበረ ገልፀዋል:: አዲሱ ትውልድም የአባቶቹን አደራ ማስቀጠልና የራሱንም አሻራ ማስቀመጥ እንደሚኖርበት አሳስበዋል።
H.E. State Minister of Industry Hasan Muhumed Moalin, held a meeting with the Director General of OPCW, H.E. Ambassador Fernando Arias
On his sideline, OPCW 28th State Parties Sessions, H.E. Mr. Hasan Muhumed Moalin, State Minister of Industry met H.E. Ambassador Fernando Arias, Director General of the OPCW, on Thursday, November 30, 2023.
An Ethiopian Delegation Led by H.E. State Minister of Industry Hasan Muhumed Moalin, at the OPCW 28th States Parties Session, the Hague
A delegation led by H.E. Hasan Muhumed Moalin is taking part on the 28th Session of the Organisation of the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in the Hague, the Netherlands.
The Embassy participated in the 35th Governing Council Annual Meeting of the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC)
The 35th Governing Council meeting of the Common Fund for Commodities took place on November 21 – 22 2023 at the Hague, Netherlands. The Governing Council deliberated on how to strengthen its position in supporting the commodity producing countries in terms of know how, value addition and sustainable market. The Governing Council also re-elected H.E. Ambassador Sheikh Mohammed Belal of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh as the managing director of the CFC to serve for the next four years and H.E. Mrs. Margaret Wambui Ngugi Shava, the Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya to the Netherlands to be the chair of the Governing Council for the year 2024.
Promotion of Ethiopian Investment and Trade Nov 16, 2023 Netherlands
On November 16, 2023 Ethiopian Embassy in Brussels represented by Deputy Head of Mission, H.E Ambassador Shamebo Fitamo took part in a yearly Ambassadors’ Dinner 2023 in Wassenaar, Netherlands organized by the Netherlands Africa Business Council (NABC). The program is aiming to promote investment and trade between Africa and Netherlands specially capitalizing on Emerging Markets in Africa. In the event Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), 24 African Ambassadors and other Diplomats, 150 Netherlands companies and others took part in the program.
Ms. Rosmarijn Fens, Managing Director of NBAC delivered a keynote speech. Following a speech Presentation on African partnership, Doing Business in Africa (DBA) Award, Matchmaking and Dinner Networking were parts of the event.
The Post Cotonou OACPS-EU Partnership (Samoa Agreement) Launched
The new Post Cotonou partnership agreement between the OACPS and the EU was inked during the 46th OACPS-EU Council of Ministers Session at Apia, Samoa. The Post Cotonou Partnership agreement has been agreed to be named as Samoa Agreement. Ethiopia was represented by H.E. Ambassador Hirut Zemene at the council session and during the signing ceremony.
The Embassy Addresses Association of Industrial and Entrepreneurs in Wetteren (VWLO)
H.E. Hirut Zemene addressed the VWIO a business association in Wetteren municipality on Tuesday (8 November 2023).
On the occasion, the ambassador and Embassy diplomats met with the Mayor of Wetteren H.E. Albert De Geyter and discussed, and the ways that would enable the two sides foster their business ties.