ADDIS ABABA, March 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's visit to Ethiopia starting on Wednesday will most likely focus on mutual-interest issues and less on promoting human rights and democracy, an Ethiopian analyst said Tuesday. According to the U.S. State Department, Tillerson's first official trip to Africa will start in Ethiopia before taking him to Chad, Djibouti, Kenya and Nigeria. Economic, security and human rights issues are also said to other issues for discussion during Tillerson's stay in Ethiopia. Costantinos, professor of public policy at Ethiopia's Addis Ababa University, expected Tillerson's visit to Ethiopia to focus on the U.S.-Ethiopia relations, the fight against terror, Ethiopia's large peacekeeping operations in Africa and its current political trouble. As Ethiopia remains among the largest peacekeeping force providers in the African continent, the fight against terror in the region and throughout the continent would be an area of interest during Tillerson's visit to Ethiopia, said Costantinos.

Source: Ethiopian News March 06, 2018 19:18 UTC