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Toronto – Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday that Minister Gedion Timotheos held discussions with two senior Canadian diplomats: Joshua Tabah, Canada’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, and Ben Marc Diendéré, Canada’s Special Envoy to the African Union.
According to the Ministry’s news update, the talks focused on national and regional issues, as well as on enhancing bilateral relations between the two countries.
Minister Gedion emphasized that “the longstanding and historical ties between Ethiopia and Canada offer ample opportunities to further strengthen the relationship.”
Ambassador Joshua, for his part, reiterated “Canada’s commitment to deepening its partnership with Ethiopia.”
There was a recent high-level Canadian delegation visit to Ethiopia. Ambassador Joshua noted that these visits demonstrate “Canada’s keenness to strengthen its bilateral ties with Ethiopia,” as cited in the Ministry’s update.
The Ministry’s news update also quoted him as saying, “The relationship between the two countries extends government-to-government collaboration and encompasses people-to-people ties.”
The discussions reportedly touched on the current peace and security situation in Ethiopia. Minister Gedion briefed the diplomats on recent developments regarding the implementation of the Pretoria Cessation of Hostilities Agreement, which ended the two-year war between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)-led regional government and the federal government under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, the African Union mediator who played a key role in the agreement, stated last year that the conflict may have claimed an estimated one million lives.
Recently, concerns have emerged over escalating tensions between factions within the TPLF, raising fears of another conflict in the region. Last month, Canada issued a travel advisory urging its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Ethiopia outside the capital, Addis Ababa.
In 2021, bilateral trade between Ethiopia and Canada amounted to much less than $200 million annually, with coffee being Ethiopia’s primary export. Ethiopian Airlines currently operates three weekly passenger flights to Toronto.
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I applaud such engagement with the regime of Ethiopia by both Canada and Good Ole USA. The same goes for the EU and Britain. The door at Arat Kilo should not be left open for those two bullies in Moscow and Beijing only. All what those two ruffians have been doing is inundate that country with tools of destruction and stealing its precious metals by thieves they trained very well just for such purpose.
Ethio-Canadian relation went from cold-to-sour under Melanie Jolie’s foreign ministership when Birtukan Ayano* flew home after summoned by Melanie [at the peak of TPLF’s war on Ethiopia]. [Birtukan* was Ethiopia’s Ambassador to Canada!]
Canada’s track-record on Ethiopia has usually been passive-aggressive. Such lullaby-like visits likely herald harsher acts. Canada sided with TPLF knowing all the facts! The then UN Human Rights Chief also sided with TPLF and is a Canadian too.
PS: Eritrea’s gold mine contractor is a Canadian company.