The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is the official representative of the Government of Russia to the Government of Ethiopia.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Addis Ababa.[1] The ambassador to Ethiopia is concurrently appointed as the Russian representative to the African Union.[2] The post of Russian Ambassador to Ethiopia is currently held by Yevgeny Terekhin[ru], incumbent since 27 March 2019.[3]
Russia established diplomatic relations with Ethiopia on 9 August 1897 and sent its first head of mission, P. M. Vlasov. The successful development of Russo-Ethiopian relations, at least at the first stage (until 1907), was mainly due to the fact that Russia did not participate in the colonial division of Africa and therefore did not pose any threat to Ethiopia. Russia was the great global power and thus a country like Ethiopia needed an ally to continue its existence. As a rival of British Empire and Italy in global and regional politics, Russia objectively became in Ethiopia a political counterbalance to the imperialist plans of these powers. The Russian mission was tasked with "gaining the trust of the Negus and, if possible, protecting him from the intrigues of our political rivals, especially the British, who pursue such ambitious, predatory goals in Africa."[citation needed]
With the end of the tsarist regime in 1917 the diplomatic relations were interrupted, but were resumed by the Soviet Union on 21 April 1943. The first Soviet ambassador, Viktor Kozlov[ru], arrived in the country on 9 March 1944.
List of representatives (1944 – present)
Representatives of the Soviet Union to Ethiopia (1944 – 1991)
Many historians trace modern Ethiopia's foreign policy to the reign of Emperor Tewodros II, whose primary concerns were the security of Ethiopia's traditional borders, obtaining technology from Europe, and to a lesser degree Ethiopian rights to the monastery of Dar-es-Sultan in the city of Jerusalem. Tewodros' diplomatic efforts, however, ended disastrously with the British expedition of 1868 which concluded with his death. Despite the efforts of his successor Emperor Yohannes IV to establish a relationship with the United Kingdom, Ethiopia was ignored by the world powers until the opening of the Suez Canal, and more important, the Mahdist War, drew outside attention to her once more.
Ethiopian–Turkish relations are foreign relations between Ethiopia and Turkey.
Aryeh Levin is an Israeli diplomat. He served as the Israeli Ambassador to the Soviet Union, and Deputy Chief Israeli delegate to the United Nations. Levin is the author of Envoy to Russia, Memoirs of an Israeli Ambassador. Levin continues to advise on matters of international affairs, particularly Iran and Russia.
The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Addis Ababa is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The embassy is concurrently accredited to the Republic of Djibouti. In addition, the ambassador serves as the Indonesian representative for the African Union. The first Indonesian ambassador to Ethiopia was Suadi Soeromiharjo (1964–1968). The current ambassador, Al Busyra Basnur, was appointed by President Joko Widodo on 7 January 2019.
Azerbaijan—Ethiopia relations refer to the bilateral relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in the political, socio–economic, cultural and other spheres.
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