Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mesganu Arga, and Germany’s special envoy to that African region, Heiko Nitzschke, highlighted during a meeting that the European country is an essential partner to Addis Ababa and emphasized the strong ties that unite them, the local Foreign Ministry informed.

Nitzschke, in turn, expressed the German Government’s commitment to collaborating with Ethiopia to strengthen bilateral relations in multifaceted domains.

Both officials also discussed Ethiopia’s leading role in the Horn of Africa.

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