The director of the Ethiopian Institute of Strategic Studies believes that Russia can play an important role in the security of the Red Sea region
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- Director of the Ethiopian Institute of Strategic Studies Noor ad-Din Abda said that Russia can play an important role in ensuring security in the Red Sea region and integrating Ethiopia into the regional security system.
- Relations between Ethiopia and Russia have strengthened since Ethiopia joined BRICS and are developing in strategic directions, including nuclear energy and defense cooperation.
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Why It Matters
Ethiopia joined BRICS, which strengthened its international position. The country continues to have internal conflicts in the Tigray, Afar and Amhara regions, which are being monitored by international actors, including Russia.
The director of the Ethiopian Institute of Strategic Studies, Nur ad-Din Abda, believes that Russia can play an important role in ensuring security in the Red Sea region.
Ethiopian-Russian relations have strengthened since Ethiopia joined BRICS and are developing towards a strategic level.
MOSCOW, September 29 - RIA Novosti. Russia can play an important role in ensuring security in the Red Sea region, says Nur ad-Din Abda, director of the Ethiopian Institute for Strategic Studies (EISS).
In Ethiopia, clashes between government forces and rebels resumed in September, which the authorities blame on external forces.
“Russia can play an important role in the areas of regional security and the integration of Ethiopia into the regional security system of the Red Sea,” the RIA Novosti expert said, commenting on the issue of relations between Moscow and Addis Ababa.
According to him, Ethiopian-Russian relations have strengthened since Ethiopia joined BRICS and are developing towards a strategic level, including in the areas of nuclear energy, technical and defense cooperation.
Abda noted that Addis Ababa highly appreciates Moscow’s position against external interference in the internal affairs of Ethiopia.
“Russia can play a decisive role in the field of regional security,” the agency’s interlocutor emphasized.
In his opinion, Moscow could also intensify diplomatic contacts with the countries of the Horn of Africa and support the search for common interests between the key states of the region.
At the same time, the expert emphasized that Ethiopia does not seek to expand international intervention in the internal crisis and continues to assign the main role to the African Union.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said on September 25 that Russia is following with concern the development of the situation in the Ethiopian regions of Tigray, Afar and Amhara. She called on the parties to the conflict to ceasefire and strictly implement the existing settlement agreements, and all external players to refrain from attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of Ethiopia.
What to Watch
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Russia is intensifying diplomatic contacts with the countries of the Horn of Africa in search of common interests
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Ethiopia and Russia to expand cooperation in nuclear energy and defense technology
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Open Questions
- What specific steps does Russia plan in the area of Red Sea security?
- How will the internal conflict in Ethiopia affect the implementation of joint projects with Russia?
- Which Horn of Africa countries could be involved in Moscow's diplomatic initiatives?
