USA Supports Ethiopia’s Aspiration for Securing Maritime Access:  Ambassador Massinga

Addis Ababa, June 5, 2025 (ENA) -- The United States Ambassador to Ethiopia, Ervin Massinga said the United States government is fully committed to supporting Ethiopia’s quest to secure maritime access through diplomatic and peaceful avenues.

Ethiopia has been making significant efforts to securing maritime access, guided by the principles of give and take as well as collaborative regional economic development and integration, which have also received substantial acknowledgment from a large portion of the international community.

In an exclusive interview with ENA, United States Ambassador to Ethiopia, Ervin Massinga,  noted Ethiopia’s legitimate aspiration for securing maritime access.

For a nation of Ethiopia’s scale —with a rapidly expanding economy and ambitious growth projections, access to maritime trade is of vital importance, he stressed.

“Strengthening maritime access through commercial, diplomatic, and peaceful avenues is a fundamental priority —one that the United States government and my embassy are fully committed to supporting,” Ambassador Massinga affirmed.

Furthermore, he highlighted Ethiopia’s vision to emerge as a global economic leader, emphasizing the imperative to expand infrastructure.

Ambassador Massinga stated that the United States is dedicated to work alongside Ethiopia in ensuring stability across the Horn of Africa. 

Acknowledging the challenges facing the region, he stressed the strategic significance of Ethiopia, given its size, capacity, and influence. 

In particular, the ambassador stated that the U.S. is intensifying its cooperation with Ethiopia to combat terrorist threats in the region.

“Working with the country of Ethiopia's size, but more important than its size, its influence and its capacity to help the region re-stabilize that is a core, core, bedrock approach of the United States, and will be a center point of what the United States is going to be doing in the Horn of Africa to help the region and the people achieve the opportunities of prosperity and stability that they all want.”