Ethiopia–Ireland relations

Ethiopia–Ireland relations are foreign relations between Ethiopia and Ireland. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1994 , the same year Ireland opened an embassy in Addis Ababa. Ethiopia has an embassy in Dublin.

Ethiopia–Ireland relations

Ethiopia
Ireland

Both countries signed a Technical Agreement 21 February 1995. That same year the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs with responsibility for development cooperation, Joan Burton visited Ethiopia. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Seyoum Mesfin visited Ireland, and in 2002 Prime Minister Meles Zenawi also paid that country a formal visit.[1]

Foreign aid

Ireland disbursed US$58.94 million to Ethiopia in 2007, making it sixth in bilateral donors.[2] Irish foreign aid to Ethiopia includes grants towards focuses on Vulnerability, Health, Education, HIV and AIDS and Governance, either directly via Irish Aid, through NGOs, and missionary societies. These grants amounted to € 32 million in 2007,[3] and over €37 million in 2006.[4] In January 2003, the Irish Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs with responsibility for overseas aid, Tom Kitt, visited Ethiopia to see how his country could assist in famine relief. He planned to visit the Tigray Region, which was reported as being the most affected by famine at the time.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Bilateral relations" Archived March 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website (accessed 28 July 2009)
  2. "Dataset: 2a. ODA by Recipient by country" OECD.Stat (accessed 1 May 2009)
  3. "Ethiopia overview", Irish Aid website (accessed 3 February 2009)
  4. "Impact of Irish Aid in Ethiopia in 2006", Irish Aid website (accessed 3 February 2009)
  5. "Minister of State Kitt leaves for Ethiopia", Ireland, Department of Foreign Affairs website (accessed 3 February 2009)
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