“Ethiopia strongly welcomes Egypt’s interest to re-launch talk over the GERD and solve the problem through dialogue,” Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Ambassador Dina Mufti told journalists today.
“Egypt has no other option except dialogue and win-win negotiation to find a solution that is acceptable by both sides,” Ambassador Dina said

Regarding the current crisis in South Sudan, he said the warring parties on Tuesday have agreed to form a transitional government within the coming 60 days.
IGAD member countries have been frustrated by the failure of previous deals, he said, adding they will not hesitate to take action if the rivals once again violate the agreements made on last Tuesday

According to Ambassador Dina, peacekeeping force drawn from Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya will be deployed to end the crisis erupted in that country six months ago.

On the occasion, Ambassador Teshome Toga, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia to the EU Institutions and the Benelux and Baltic countries said, Ethiopians have witnessed an incredible transformation of their country in the last two decades evolving from a “basket case” and a pathetic state to its present status as dynamic and strong nation with considerable political and economic power in such a short time.

Ambassador Teshome briefed the audience that the country has registered a successful broad based and fast economic growth in all sectors that has brought a positive change to the image of the country. He further elaborated the results achieved in the last three GTP years as 10.9% economic development in Agriculture, Industry and Service and infrastructure sectors and that Ethiopia is one of the few African countries on course to achieve the MDG goals by 2015.

Furthermore, Ambassador Teshome noted the commitment of the leadership to transform the country to a middle income status in the coming 10 years and the consistency of the Ethiopian leadership that has been repeatedly demonstrated to engage members of the Diaspora on the major development projects, the performance of the Growth and Transformation Plan, and the investment opportunities available in the country.

Regarding the 3rd anniversary of the launch of the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Ambassador Teshome underlined its significance and symbolism to all Ethiopians as a rallying point and that the GERD project will enable Ethiopia to completely cover the country’s internal power needs which have been growing at an average rate of 25% a year. He further pointed out the dam to be a reliable and affordable source of energy for the wellbeing of the population but also for the economic growth and poverty-reduction efforts being undertaken by the country.

In relation to the media campaign of Egypt towards the Dam, Ambassador Teshome explained Ethiopia’s position as demonstrated in its determination to promote fair and equitable utilization of the resource among all the Nile riparian countries and it was at the proposal of Ethiopia that the International Panel of Experts conducted its studies of the impact of the GERD project on lower riparian countries; and Ethiopia immediately accepted in full the recommendations of the IPoE Report, and has set about implementing them.
In this connections and contrary to some media reports, Ethiopia has not rejected proposals presented by Egypt but is encouraging Egypt to come back to the tripartite forum to genuinely negotiate for a win-win and mutually beneficial utilization of the River by all riparian countries.

Finally, Ambassador Teshome Toga, urged members of the diaspora living in the Benelux Countries to voice Ethiopia’s just stand on GERD and continue their contributions through buying of Bonds and mobilisation in collaboration with the GERD councils in each city. In addition he called up on members of the Diaspora to increase their participations in the country’s economic developments through investment and other capacity building activities.

During the event, Members of the Diaspora in the Benelux countries have raised 137,800 Birr for the construction of GERD.

In the conversation that followed the presentation of credentials, Ambassador Teshome highlighted Ethiopia’s sustainable economic growth and briefed the Grand Duke on the current situation in region. He assured the Grand Duke, of Ethiopia’s readiness to strengthen relations with Luxembourg.

Grand Duke Henri in his turn expressed happiness at Ethiopia’s continued economic growth and the stable political situation in the country and appreciated the role it is playing to bring peace in the region. The Grand Duke Henri and Ambassador Teshome also discussed on a number of bilateral and regional issues and promised to continue working together on enhancing relations in the promotion of trade, tourism and investment between the two countries.

During his stay in Luxembourg, Ambassador Teshome held discussions with higher officials of the European Investment bank, and received assurances of the banks readiness to continue its support for public sector infrastructure projects in Ethiopia that are vital to underpin private sector development and create a thriving business environment.
Ambassador Teshome Toga is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the Kingdom of Belgium, with accreditation to the Kingdom of Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

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Bisrat Tedla
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አዲስ አበባ ፣ ሚያዚያ 29 ፣ 2006 (ኤፍ.ቢ.ሲ.) በኢትዮጵያ የመጀመሪያው የባቡር ትምህርት ማእከል ሊቋቋም ነው።

የኢትዮጵያ የምድር ባቡር ኮርፖሬሽን ዋና ስራ አስፈፃሚ ዶክተር ጌታቸው በትሩ ለፋና ብሮድካስቲንግ ኮርፖሬት እንደተናገሩት ፤ የትምህርት ማእከሉ በመጭው አመት ስራ ይጀምራል።

ተቋሙ ወደ ቻይናዋ ቲያንጅን የባቡር ትምህርት ማእከል አቅንተው ስልጠና በመውሰድ ላይ ያሉ ባለሞያዎችን በአሰልጣኝነት የሚጠቀም ሲሆን የባቡር ሾፌርነት ፣ ጠጋኝነትና የደህንነት ጥበቃ ትምህርቶች እንደሚሰጡበት ዶክተር ጌታቸው ገልፀዋል።

ትምህርቱን ለመስጠት የሚያስችሉ ቅድመ ዝግጅቶች መጠናቀቃቸውንም ጠቅሰዋል።

ማዕከሉ ሃገሪቱ በአቭየሽኑ ዘርፍ ለሌሎች የአፍሪካ ሀገራት ዜጎች ትምህርት እንደምትሰጠው ሁሉ በባቡሩ ዘርፍም መሰል ተግባር እንድትከውን ያስችላታል ነው ያሉት።

አብዛኛዎቹ የባቡር ትራንስፖርት የሚጠቀሙ የአፍሪካ ሀገራት ባለሞያዎቻቸውን የሚያሰለጥኑት በደቡብ አፍሪካ ወይም ቻይና በሚገኙ ተቋማት ከመሆኑ ጋር ተያይዞ ፥ በአዲስ አበባ የሚቋቋመው የባቡር ትምህርት ማእከል ለምስራቅ አፍሪካ ሀገራት አማራጭ እንደሚሆንም ነው ስራ አስፈፃሚው የተናገሩት።

Prime Minister Hailemariam Premier Li Keqiang and gave a press briefing following the bilateral discussion to local and foreign journalists. On the occasion, Prime Minister Hailemariam noted that China-Africa relation is growing from time to time economically, politically and diplomatically.

Speaking about Ethio-China relations, Prime Minister Hailemaraiam stressed the value Ethiopia attaches to its cooperation with China in its endeavor to realize its vision of becoming a manufacturing power house of Africa. He hailed China’s support to DireDawa-Dewalleh express way as vital to Ethiopia’s export sector while also mentioning the railway network, management of Special Economic Zones significance to the nation’s overall development.

He said underlined that the Ethio-China relations are based on mutual respect and benefit and further highlighted the potential of China as the biggest developing nation of the globe to unleash Ethiopia in particular and Africa’s growth potential in general. Speaking about Chinese companies operating in Ethiopia, he praised CGOC Company for its achievements in the manufacturing sector in Ethiopia. Prime Minister Li for his part said “ we have enjoyed smooth relationship and practical cooperation with Ethiopia,” He added , we have reached consensus to continue to work on infrastructure development , technology transfer , people to people relations and expressed his hopes that the more dozen agreements will further enhance the solid cooperation the two countries are enjoying.

Responding to a question on the relation of the China and Africa, Prime Minister Hailemariam said “our relationship is not matter of short time it is a strategic and we want to nurture and expand it.” He added “we have common destiny for the prosperity of our people.” He highlighted that China being a major global player, working closely is a matter of strategic importance to Africa. Prime Minister Li also underscored that China-Africa relations are on the right track. He said this will lead us into stronger growth. He remembered the solidarity Africa has shown in supporting the membership of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations as a testament to the strong relation that evolved over several years.

He said China and Africa has always treated each other as equals throughout their history .Premier Li also said “China as representative of the oriental civilizations and Africa being the cradle of mankind, we have a lot to share and learn from each other.” He also noted China’s pursuit of safeguarding the interest of developing countries and promoting inclusive dialogue on global issues is an area for robust China –Africa relations. He concluded by saying the dynamic relation between China and Africa is turning in to bullet train in terms of its growth.

The school organized an “International day 2014” (http://www.ais‐antwerp.be/page.cfm?p=1505) where more than 25 countries participated. The event was colorful and there was exciting programs of music, dance and games for all ages. Each country was selling delicious food, refreshments and gift items from 10:00 to 18:00 hrs. As an employee of the school one of us got a slot representing Ethiopia. The opportunity was used to introduce Ethiopian culture and promote tourism. Posters of Axum, Lalibela, Sof Omar and Ras Dashen were hanged. A coffee ceremony was held. Ethiopian delicious cousins (doro wet, kitfo, tibs …) were part of the event where many appreciates the taste. Tej is also present.

One unique thing in the Ethiopian booth was the autograph signing. Abinet was surrounded by children and teen agers to put his signature like a great author or celebrity. His signature is ኢትዮጵያ in one of the world’s oldest script, Geez. Its uniqueness attracted teen agers to have it in their autograph. While our friend is busy signing we were busy explaining about Geez script, Ethiopia’s diverse languages and cultures. Though we were in short of leaflets to promote tourism we tried to sell Ethiopia in the event. Having such opportunity it would be naïve to leave without talking about present day Ethiopia. It is with this sprit we prepared a flyer which briefly informs about current Ethiopia.

Ethiopia is determined to get the people out of poverty through economic development. The economy is booming and there are mega projects under construction. These are engines of development. Roads, railways and power generating plants are some among the game changer projects. One which stands tall of all projects is the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). So the flyer tries to illustrate the grand project. Distributing the flyer for those who visited the Ethiopian booth we explained about GERD. We briefed the source of Abay (Blue Nile), the power generating Dam project, its progress, the impact, the project financiers and so on. We created some awareness in that part of mini world. This is our first time which motivated us to do more in the future. Imagine the outcome if such things are replicated in all parts of the world.
Antwerp, Belgium

ይህን መነሻ በማድረግም በበርካታ የክልሉ ነዋሪዎች ዘንድ ትክክለኛውን መረጃ የማወቅ ፍላጎት መኖሩን ከግምት በማስገባት የአዲስ አበባ ከተማ አስተዳደርና የኦሮሚያ ክልላዊ መንግስት የተለያዩ መድረኮችን በማዘጋጀት በእቅዱ ልማታዊ አላማና በሚያስገኛቸው ጥቅሞች ዙሪያ ማብራሪያ ሲሰጡ ቆይተዋል፤ በመስጠትም ላይ ይገኛሉ፡፡

በምክክር መድረኮቹ የተጀመረው ህዝባዊ ውይይት እየተካሄደ ባለበት በአሁኑ ወቅት ትክክለኛው መረጃ እንዲሰጣቸው ጥያቄ ላቀረቡ የኦሮሚያ ክልል ተወላጅ የሆኑ የከፍተኛ ትምህርት ተማሪዎችንም በውይይቶቹ ውስጥ የማሳተፍ እንቅስቃሴ መጀመሩ ይታወቃል ፡፡ ይሁንና በሁሉም ክልሎች ከሚገኙ ባለ ድርሻ አካላት ጋር የሚደረገው ይህ ህዝባዊ ምክክር ከመዳረሱ በፊት አስቀድሞ ጥርጣሬዎችን ለመንዛት ሆነ ተብለው በተሰራጩ አሳሳች አሉባልታዎችና ሃሜታዎች የተደናገሩ የተወሰኑ ተማሪዎች በፈጠሩት ሁከት በክልሉ በሚገኙ የተወሰኑ ዩንቨርስቲዎች በሰው ህይወትና ንብረት ላይ ጉዳት ደርሷል፡፡

በዚህ በሃይል በታጀበ ግርግር ሳቢያ በመደ ወላቡ የሶስት ተማሪዎች ህይወት ማለፉ ተረጋግጧል፡፡በተለይም በአምቦ ዩኒቨርስቲ የተቀሰቀሰው ሁከት ወደ ከተማ በመዝለቁ እስካሁን ባለው መረጃ መሰረት በአምቦ ከተማ ቢዝነስና ኮንስትራክሽን ባንክ ላይ በተደረገው የዘረፋ ሙከራና ሌሎችም ህገ ወጥ የነውጥ እነቅስቃሴዎች በአምቦና ቶኬኩታዮ ከተሞች የሰባት ሰዎች ህይወት ያለፈ ሲሆን ባንኩን ጨምሮ በበርካታ የመንግስትና የሀዝብ ንብረት ላይ ጉዳት ደርሷል፡፡

በተያያዘም በሃረማያ ዩንቨርሲቲ ለጊዜው ማንነታቸው ባልታወቁ ሰዎች በሰላም የእግር ኳስ ጨዋታ በቴሌቪዥን በመከታተል ላይ በነበሩ ተማሪዎች ላይ በተወረወረ ፈንጂ ወደ 70 ያህል ተማሪዎች የመቁሰል አደጋ የደረሰባቸው ሲሆን የአንድ ተማሪ ህይወት ማለፉ ተረጋግጧል፡፡

በፌዴራልና በክልል የፀጥታ ሃይሎች ትብብር ሁከቱ በተፈጠረባቸው ዩንቨርስቲዎች ውስጥ ያለውን ሁኔታ ለማረጋጋት ተችሏል፡፡ እስካሁን በተደረገው ማጣራት ከበስተጀርባ በመሆን ሁከቱን በማነሳሳትና በማቀነባበር ተግባር ላይ የተሰማሩት ጥቂት ፀረ ሰላም ሃይሎች መሆናቸውን ለማወቅ ተችሏል ፡፡ከዚሁ ግርግር በስተጀርባ የቆሙትና ከዚህ ቀደም በነበሩ ግጭቶች እጃቸውን ሲያስገቡ የነበሩ የአገር ውስጥና ከአገር ውጭ ያሉ ሃይሎች በሚቆጧጠሯቸው ሚዲያዎች እየታገዙ ይህንን የተማሪዎችን ጥያቄ ለጥፋት አላማቸው መጠቀሚያ ለማድረግ መንቀሳቀሳቸው ታውቋል፡፡

እነዚሁ አካላት ህገ ወጥ እንቅስቃሴያቸውን ሰላማዊ ዜጎችን ሰለባ በማድረግ ጭምር ከማራመድ የሚቦዝኑ አልሆኑም፡፡ በጉዳዩ ላይ ማብራሪያ የሚሹ ተማሪዎችን ተገቢ ጥያቄ በአግባቡ እንዳይስተናገድ የሚፈልጉት የነውጥ አቀንቃኞች ከአንድ ጥግ ሆነው ብዙሃኑን ሰለባ በማድረግ ርካሽ የፖለቲካ ትርፍ ለማግኘት በመራወጥ ላይ ይገኛሉ ፡፡ ላለፉት ሃያ ሶስት አመታት በመገንባት ላይ ባለው ዴሞክራሲያዊው ስርአታችን ዜጎች በተናጠልም ሆነ በጋራ ማንኛውንም ጥያቄ በሰላማዊ መንገድ ለመጠየቅና ለመወያየት ያላቸው ህገ መንግስታዊ መብት ተቋማዊ መሰረት ይዞ ያለ ገደብ ተረጋግጦ ሲተገበር ቆይቷል ፤በመተግበር ላይም ይገኛል ፡፡ ይህ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ባህል የእለት ተእለት ህይወታችን አካል በመሆን እየጎለበተ መጥቷል በመሆኑም ዴሞክራሲያዊው ስርአታችን ማንኛውንም አይነት ጥያቄ ለማስተናገድ ምቹ ሁኔታ መፍጠሩን በማጤን ብዙሃኑ ወጣት ተማሪዎች ከጉዳዩ በስተጀርባ በሚንቀሳቀሱ ጥቂት የጥፋት ሃይሎች በሚነዙት የተዛባ ዘመቻና አሉባልታ ሳይደናገሩ ትምህርታቸውን በሰላም እንዲከታተሉ መንግስት አሳስቧል፡፡

በዚህ አጋጣሚ በተፈጠረው ሁከት ሳቢያ ጉዳት ለደረሰባቸውና ወገኖችና ቤተሰቦቻቸው መንግስት የተሰማውን ሃዘን እየገለፀ የጥፋቱ ዋነኛ አንቀሳቃሽ የነበሩትን ተከታትሎ ለፍርድ ለማቅረብ የጀመረውን ጥረት አጠናክሮ እንደሚቀጥል አረጋግጧል ፡፡