Ethiopia Reaffirms Principled Position to Address Regional Conflicts Peacefully 

Addis Ababa, April 25, 2024 (ENA) Ethiopia’s state minister of Foreign Affairs has reaffirmed his country’s principled-position to address regional conflicts through peaceful means and respecting sovereignty.

State Minister of Foreign Affairs Mesganu Arga is participating in the consultation of BRICS deputy foreign ministers on the situation in the Middle East and North Africa. 

"We have reaffirmed Ethiopia’s principled-position to address conflicts through peaceful means, respecting sovereignty and national ownership," he wrote on X page.

 Stressing the primacy of diplomacy and dialogue, the state minister called for maximum restraint and de-escalation to avoid the risk of devastating regional conflict with catastrophic global ramifications. 

He also underscored effective preventive diplomacy should be at the core of engagements to address multiple crises.