Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba visited Ethiopia for the first time since the establishment of diplomatic relations as part of a tour of African countries, the press service of the diplomatic department reports..

Kuleba and the Prime Minister of Ethiopia discussed the Black Sea Grain Initiative and the Grain From Ukraine humanitarian program, which play an important role in ensuring food security in Africa.

“Thanks to the partial unblocking of Ukrainian grain exports in 2022, global wheat prices fell by 5%. It is critical that the Black Sea Grain Corridor continue to function. Ukraine strives to remain a reliable guarantor of food security in the world,” the Minister stressed..

He also spoke in detail to the head of the Ethiopian government about the Peace Formula of President Zelensky and invited Ethiopia to join its implementation..

The department recalled that in the 1970-1990s, more than 70% of Ethiopian students who studied in the former USSR received higher education at Ukrainian universities. In 2005, Ukraine helped return the Aksumite Obelisk to Ethiopia, one of the key cultural and historical symbols of the Ethiopian state..

All this, together with ensuring food security, forms a solid foundation for further intensification of Ukrainian-Ethiopian relations, filling them with new content and mutually beneficial projects, the Foreign Ministry is sure.