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19/02/2025

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬

The first round of technical negotiations between Somalia and Ethiopia within the scope of the Ankara Declaration adopted on 11 December 2024 took place today in Ankara hosted by H.E. Hakan Fidan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye, with the participation of delegations headed by H.E. Dr. Gedion Timothewos, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, and H.E. Ali Mohamed Omar, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Somalia.

By virtue of the Ankara Declaration, H.E. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali and H.E. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, with the facilitation of H.E. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, had put forward a vision, ushering the way to a more prosperous and stable future.

During the first round of technical negotiations, both delegations demonstrated their commitment to the letter and spirit of the Ankara Declaration.

The delegations began the concrete work to transform this vision into reality and lay the ground for mutually beneficial sustainable development.

Both delegations appreciate Türkiye’s continued commitment to prepare the ground for the next iteration of technical negotiations in March 2025.

Ankara, 18 February 2025

19/02/2025

𝗗𝗿. 𝗚𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Gedion Timothewos, met today with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Espen Barth Eide.

Dr. Gedion discussed with his Norwegian counterpart ways of further cooperating on climate change and green economy as well as the maintenance of peace and security in the Horn of Africa.

19/02/2025

19/02/2025

𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 #𝟑𝟖𝐭𝐡𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭

𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬:
𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭 & 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞:

Ethiopia successfully hosted the 38th AU Assembly (Feb 15–16, 2025).

Theme: "Justice for Africans and People of African Descent through Reparation."

𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 & 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:

Progress on Agenda 2063 was deliberated at the PRC & Executive Council.

Topics included AU reforms, intra-continental trade, and development.

Elections were held for AU leadership positions:

H.E. Mahamoud Ali Youssouf Ahmed (Djibouti) elected as AU Commission Chair.

Ambassador Selma Malika Haddadi (Algeria) elected as Deputy Chair.

Ethiopia was elected to the AU Peace & Security Council (2025–2028).

𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞 & 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:

H.E. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed emphasized:

Technology (AI, data sovereignty), domestic resource mobilization.

Climate change mitigation & agricultural productivity.

Hosted a Sudan humanitarian conference with pledges from UN, Djibouti, Kenya, & UAE. Ethiopia has contributed USD 15 million to humanitarian assistance operations in Sudan

The Ethiopian delegation was represented by H.E. Dr. Gedion Timothiwos at the Executive Council Session

𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 & 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬:

Review of AU reform process (initiated in 2017) and funding strategies.

Discussions on African Development Fund (AUDA-NEPAD), AfCFTA, and the Africa Credit Rating Agency.

Advocacy for a unified African stance in climate negotiations & local medicine manufacturing.

𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 & 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬:

Horn of Africa & Libya reconciliation efforts recognized.

Commitment to combating terrorism & instability

𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 & 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:

Discussions on global geopolitical issues and strengthening multilateralism.

Recognition of Addis Ababa’s infrastructure & green developments as the Capital of Africa.

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