Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed foreign travels

July 9, 2018 - Eritrea 

  • Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki greeted Abiy at the airport
  • peace declaration signing in Asmara

July 26, 2018 - United States

  • first visit to the United States
  • met with US Vice President Mike Pence
  • visited Washington DC, Los Angeles, and Minnesota

September 5, 2018 - Eritrea

  • attended a ceremony to reopen Ethiopian embassy in Asmara

September 15, 2018 - Saudi Arabia

  • Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed a peace deal overseen by King Salman.

October 29, 2018 - France

  • met with French President Emmanuel Macron.

October 30, 2018 - Germany

  • received by German Chancellor Angela Merkel
  • attended the Compact with Africa (CwA) meeting

March 2019 - UAE

August 18, 2019 ish - Sudan

  • returned home from Sudan with 105 Ethiopians who had been in Sudanese jails
  • attended the signing of the peace agreement between the Sudanese military and opposition groups.
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August 25, 2019 - South Korea

met members of the Ethiopian community in a dinner reception organized by the Ethiopian embassy in Korea

August 31,  2019 - Israel

met with the mother of Avera Mengistu

Oct 2019

  • attended the Russia-Africa Summit 
  • met with Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi 

August 25,  2020 - Sudan

met by PM Abdalla Hamdok at Khartoum airport

August 18, 2021 - Turkey


  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Abiy oversaw the signing of military agreements, including a military financial cooperation deal 

May 25, 2022 - Nigeria

arrived in Abuja leading a high level Ethiopian delegation for a two-day official visit to Nigeria.

May 26, 2022 - Equatorial Guinea

 participated in African Union Extraordinary Summit

May 27, 2022 - Kenya

  • held a discussion on bilateral issues with the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta
  • attended airshow organized by the Kenya Defence Forces and the Aero Club of Kenya

July 5, 2022 - Kenya

  • Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his delegation arrived in Nairobi, Kenya to participate in the 39th Extraordinary Assembly of the IGAD
  • reached an agreement with the leader of neighboring Sudan to peacefully settle a border dispute that has led to armed clashes.

August 28, 2022 - Algeria

  • greeted by Aymen Benabderrahmane, Algerian Prime Minister, upon arrival at Houari Boumediene Airport.
  • Abiy was accompanied by First Lady Zinash Tayachew

September 13, 2022 - Kenya

  • in Nairobi to partake in the presidential inaugural ceremony of William Ruto.

September 14, 2022 - Djibouti

  • greeted by Ismail Omar Guelleh, president of Djibouti, on arrival at the airport
  • accompanied by First Lady Zinash Tayachew

November 6, 2022 - Egypt


  • attend the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27).

December 11, 2022 - United States

  • attended the U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit in Washington
  • met with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken

January 15, 2023 - Abu Dhabi

  • in Abu Dhabi, attending the opening ceremony of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability 

January 26, 2023 - Sudan

  • in Sudan for a one day working visit
  • met the North African country's ruling military general, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan

February 1, 2023 - Somalia

  • in Mogadishu for Somalia Front-line States Summit

February 6, 2023 - Italy

  • received by the President of Italy Sergio Mattarella.

February 7, 2023 - Malta and France

  • met with Prime Minister Robert Abela in Malta
  • met with President Macron in Paris

March 5, 2023 - Qatar 

  • Abiy Ahmed and his delegation in Doha to attend the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5).

March 13, 2023 - South Sudan

  • Abiy Ahmed and his delegation were welcomed in an official ceremony by President Salva Kiir Mayardit upon arrival in Juba.

June 12, 2023 - Djibouti

  • Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrived in Djibouti for the 14th Ordinary Session of the IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government.

June 22, 2023 - France

  •  participating in the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact

July 12, 2023 - Egypt

  • in Cairo for Sudan summit

July 26, 2023 - Russia

  • in St. Petersburg, Russia, for the Russia-Africa Summit

Oct 16, 2023 - China

  • attended the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation

Nov 10, 2023 - Saudi Arabia

  • participated in the first Saudi-Africa Summit.

Nov 28, 2023 - Czech Republic

  • in Prague on an official visit and was received by Fiala at the Government Office.

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