𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚, 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

Addis Ababa, October 23, 2025 (ENA) – State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Hadera Abera, held discussions today with State Minister of Romania, Clara Staicu, at his office.

The two sides exchanged views on ways to enhance cooperation and deepen the longstanding ties between the two countries.

Highlighting the historical bilateral relations between Ethiopia and Romania, the State Minister emphasized the importance of further strengthening political and economic cooperation.

He also acknowledged the successful commencement of the international training on post-conflict stabilization and reconstruction organized by Romania in Ethiopia, underscoring the need to expand collaboration in the areas of capacity building, cybersecurity, technology transfer, and artificial intelligence.

He further noted the importance of joint efforts to maintain peace and stability in the Horn of Africa, highlighting Ethiopia’s consistent commitment in this regard.

For her part, State Minister Clara Staicu expressed Romania’s interest in expanding cooperation with Ethiopia and noted that there is significant potential to deepen collaboration in education, development assistance, digitalization, tourism, and agriculture, with particular emphasis on capacity building.

Both sides agreed to enhance cooperation in various fields, including trade and investment, and to further advance bilateral ties through regular political consultations.