Russian Foreign Affairs Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has congratulated his Ethiopian counterpart, Workneh Gebeyehu, who officially took office on Monday (November 8). Gebeyehu was appointment as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia in the latest reschuffle by the Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, exactly a week ago. The Russian Embassy in Ethiopia through its official twitter handle stated that Lavrov had congratulated Gebeyehu on his latest appointment. Russian Foreign Minister #Lavrov congratulated Workneh Gebeyehu on his appointment as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia pic.twitter.com/isWxr8A10G — Russian Emb Ethiopia (@RusEmbEthiopia) November 7, 2016Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu arrived at the Foreign Affairs’ headquarters on Monday morning to officially commence work as Ethiopia’s topmost diplomat. The State Ministers and Director Generals also thanked the outgoing Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Tedros Adhanom, for his tenure in Ethiopia’s diplomatic ventures.

Source: Ethiopian News November 08, 2016 09:02 UTC