Tibor Nagy, the United States’ Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs has started an official visit to the Horn of Africa region. His first stop was in Ethiopia where he arrived on Wednesday. The Foreign Affairs Ministry said he was scheduled to meet FM Workneh Gebeyehu and other top government officials during his trip. Earlier on Wednesday, the diplomat along with the commander of the US Africa Command met with Ethiopia’s Defense Minister to discuss opportunities for security cooperation between the two countries. The last time a top diplomat undertook a similar visit was in April 2018 when then Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Donald Yamamoto visited Eritrea, Djibouti before rounding up his visit in Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News November 29, 2018 08:15 UTC