Foreign Relations of Ethiopia - Europe

Europe

Country Formal Relations Began Notes
Denmark
  • Ethiopia has an embassy in Svendborg, Denmark.
  • Denmark has an embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Finland 1959-07-17 See Ethiopia–Finland relations
  • Ethiopia is represented in Finland through its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Finland has an embassy in Addis Ababa.
Ireland 1994 See Ethiopia–Ireland relations
  • Ethiopia has an embassy in Dublin.
  • Since 1994, Ireland has an embassy in Addis Ababa.
Romania
  • Ethiopia is represented in Romania through its embassy in Vienna (Austria).
  • Romania has an embassy in Addis Ababa.
  • Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about bilateral relations with Romania
Russia 1943-4-21 See Ethiopia–Russia relations
  • Russia currently has an embassy in Addis Ababa.
  • Ethiopia has an embassy in Moscow. The Ethiopian ambassador to Russia is also accredited to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
  • The history of this relationship has its origins in the 19th century. Russia supplied the mountain guns the Ethiopian army used in the Battle of Adwa.
  • More recently, the Soviet Union was a major source of military and economic aid under the Derg and during the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  • See also Alexander Bulatovich
  • Relations are somewhat unsure owing to Russia's close ties with Ethiopia's neighboring rival, Sudan.
Turkey See Ethiopian–Turkish relations
  • Ethiopia has an embassy in Ankara.
  • Turkey has an embassy in Addis Ababa since 1925.
  • Contact between the two countries date back at least as far as Ottoman times.
  • Turkey was the sixth country to open an embassy in Ethiopia.
  • Today the relations between the two countries are described as excellent, both politically and economically.

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