Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni discussed Italy’s so-called Mattei Plan, which focuses on cooperation on energy and curbing migration flows from Africa, as she visited Ethiopia on Friday and Saturday. Meloni was welcomed in Addis Ababa by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali and then met with African Union President Moussa Faki Mahamat on Friday. The Meloni government intends to pursue the Mattei Plan, about which little is yet known. Since becoming prime minister, Meloni visited Algeria and Libya, always together with Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi, who signed important gas collaboration agreements. The Mattei Plan will be presented in detail at the Italy-Africa intergovernmental summit in October.

Source: Ethiopian News April 17, 2023 18:05 UTC