Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia Gedion Timotheos

On April 28, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia Gedion Timotheos on the sidelines of the BRICS Foreign Ministers Council meeting in Rio de Janeiro. 

The ministers reaffirmed their mutual commitment to further expanding multifaceted bilateral cooperation in areas of shared interest. They also expressed support for deepening Russian-Ethiopian engagement within various multilateral formats, primarily at the UN and BRICS. 

In addition, the ministers held a constructive exchange of views on a broad range of current global and regional issues, focusing on Moscow-Addis Ababa interaction to ensure peace and security in the Horn of Africa. They confirmed their countries’ readiness to intensify cooperation in support of strengthening the legal foundations of a multipolar world.