Ethiopia Desirous to Elevate Ties with Brazil To Higher Level: Ambassador Leulseged

Addis Ababa November 15/2024 (ENA) Ethiopia’s Ambassador to Brazil  Leulseged Tadesse  told Brazil’s  President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Ethiopia's desire to elevate its bilateral relationship with Brazil to a higher level of strategic partnership. 

Ambassador Leulseged presented his letter of credence to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

During the ceremony, the ambassador briefed President Lula da Silva on macroeconomic reforms and food security initiatives being implemented under the leadership of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

It is Ethiopia's desire to elevate the bilateral relationship to a higher level of strategic partnership by strengthening the long-term and historical friendship in the fields of investment, trade, tourism and agriculture, the ambassador elaborated.

Through the BRICS platform, the ambassador noted that Ethiopia and Brazil will have the opportunity to strengthen their ties in the business sector. 

He also expressed Ethiopia’s readiness to strengthen cooperation by working closely in the reform of international institutions and execution of common agendas, especially in the expansion of the United Nations Security Council, gathering development finance, eradicating poverty and hunger and preventing climate change.

President Lula da Silva, welcoming the ambassador, expressed his gratitude to PM Abiy for the warm reception accorded to him during his recent visit to Ethiopia and vowed to enhance multifaceted diplomatic relations between the two countries particularly, in the economic field, notably agriculture.