Ethiopia has opened its embassy in Algeria on Thursday, according to Algeria Press Service.
The visiting Ethiopian Foreign Minister Dr Workneh Gebeyehu and Algerian Foreign Affairs State Minister Ramtane Lamamra officially inaugurated the embassy.
During the occasion, Lamamra said that the absence of an Ethiopian embassy in Algeria has not been an “obstacle” for “rapprochement” between the two countries, recalling the existence of an Algerian diplomatic representation to Addis Ababa for more than 40 years.
Considering the relations between the two countries “very exceptional,” he said that Algeria along with Ethiopia, “are a driving force of development in Africa.”
He added that he had “the privilege” of taking part, a year earlier, in the discussions between the Heads of State of both countries in which the latter decided, in addition to the issue of opening the embassy, to make the partnership between the two countries “an example to follow” at the continental level.
While dubbing the new diplomatic representation of his country “historic” for the relationship between the two countries, the Ethiopian Foreign Minister underlined that his country “attaches great importance to the strategic and long-standing relations with Algeria,” recalling the strategic partnership linking the two sides since 2013. (ENA)