In January 2022, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced that China is willing to put forward the “Initiative of Peaceful Development in the Horn of Africa” and support regional countries in addressing the triple challenges of security, development and governance. China’s proposal reaffirmed that the countries should take the region’s destiny into their own hands through equal-footed consultation. Teshome echoed China’s proposal and mentioned that the ownership of the process is the countries of the Horn of Africa region. At present, countries and people in the Horn of Africa are facing many challenges, including conflicts, climate change, and food insecurity. On the relations between security, development and governance, Teshome said that the linkage is very important, and there is a correlation between peace and development.

Source: Ethiopian News September 20, 2022 17:29 UTC