MFA: Minister for Foreign Affairs Haavisto to visit Ethiopia as the EU representative

Minister Haavisto has been requested to meet different actors and bring messages from the European Union concerning the situation in Ethiopia to the authorities and relevant stakeholders. Minister Haavisto will travel to the region together with Alexander Rondos, the EU Special Representative to the Horn of Africa. Minister Haavisto will report on the visit to the 27 Member States at the Foreign Affairs Council.

“In the past few months we have followed the conflict in the Tigray Region in Ethiopia very closely. Information on the consequences of the armed conflicts has been scarce and we are very much worried especially about the humanitarian situation. At the request of the High Representative, I will travel to the region soon and bring a message to end violence,” Minister for Foreign Affairs Haavisto says.

This is the second time when an EU High Representative has requested Minister for Foreign Affairs to represent the EU. In 2019 Minister Haavisto visited the Horn of Africa with a similar mandate.

Inquiries: Otto Turtonen, Special Adviser, Cabinet of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, tel. +358 50 514 5811 and Theresa Zitting, Director, Unit for the Horn of Africa and Eastern Africa, tel. +358 295 351 330

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