Ethiopian diplomat: PM Abiy Ahmed ‘misquoted’ on Kenya embassy closure

Uhuru in Ethiopia

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa on June 8, 2021. PHOTO | PSCU

The Ethiopian ambassador to Kenya now says Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was being hypothetical when he said the embassy in Kenya was among those to be shut down to save costs.

Meles Alem Tekea said the mission in Kenya will not be closed, in line with his country’s foreign policy on regional integration.