Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that India and Ethiopia stand together as members of one family to work for a more just, more equal and more peaceful world.

 

 

The Prime Minister was addressing the joint session of the parliament of Ethiopia this morning. Talking about the aspirations of the Global South, the Prime Minister said that the Global South is writing its own destiny, and India and Ethiopia share a vision for it, and the vision is of a world where the Global South rises not against anyone but for everyone.

 

 

Underlining the ages-old association between the two countries, Prime Minister Modi said that solidarity is strength and cooperation is power, as ancient civilisations India and Ethiopia are standing together, and in the last eleven years of his government connection has increased manifold between the two countries.

 

 

The Prime Minister said that in today’s world the decision-making should reflect today’s reality because it’s not the world of 1945, and the world cannot move forward if its system remains locked in the past.

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Prime Minister completed his visit to the African country and left for Oman for the last leg of his visit to the three countries. Before addressing the session of the parliament,

 

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid a wreath at the Adwa Victory Monument in Addis Ababa. 

 

 

India and Ethiopia have elevated their historical ties to a strategic partnership, as the Prime Minister held wide-ranging talks with his Ethiopian counterpart, Abiy Ahmed Ali, in Addis Ababa yesterday.

 

 

The two leaders discussed issues of bilateral and mutual interest. The two countries also signed eight MoUs/agreements, including upgrading ties to ‘Strategic Partnership’, customs cooperation, establishing a data centre at the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry, UN Peacekeeping training cooperation, debt restructuring under G20, more ICCR scholarships and AI short courses for Ethiopians.

 

 

Talking about the outcomes of the bilateral talks, Sudhakar Dalela, Secretary of MEA, said that the elevation of the bilateral relations to statistic ties is going to give new dimensions to the age-old relations between India and Ethiopia.

 

 

He further added that India and Ethiopia are particularly keen about association in the education and digital public infrastructure sector.

 

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was also conferred with Ethiopia’s highest award, ‘The Great Honour Nishan of Ethiopia’, by his Ethiopian counterpart, Dr Abiy Ahmed Ali.