{"id":2625,"date":"2026-02-18T10:59:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/?p=2625"},"modified":"2026-02-18T18:08:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:08:01","slug":"ethiopia-and-turkiye-elevated-strategic-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/2026\/02\/18\/ethiopia-and-turkiye-elevated-strategic-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia and T\u00fcrkiye Elevated Strategic Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>January 11, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed Ethiopia\u2013T\u00fcrkiye commitment to deeper cooperation during a landmark joint press conference in Addis Ababa, underscoring shared resolve for strengthened bilateral ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Erdogan committed support for Ethiopia\u2019s quest for peaceful sea access, which is vital to sustaining economic growth and strengthening Ethiopia\u2019s long\u2011term regional and global integration into global economic networks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The leaders also signed new agreements to expand collaboration in trade and energy, consolidating a partnership that has steadily grown in recent years. These accords underscore both countries\u2019 determination to advance shared interests and build resilient economic ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The visit carried symbolic weight, marking the centenary of T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s embassy in Addis Ababa. This milestone highlighted the historic depth of diplomatic relations and the enduring friendship between the two friendly nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking forward, both leaders engaged to broaden strategic cooperation across diverse sectors, scaling infrastructure, investment, energy, and cultural exchange to strengthen bilateral ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference reflected a mutual vision of partnership rooted in trust, economic progress, and regional stability, signaling that Ethiopia and Turkiye are poised to elevate their relationship to new heights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/EthTurk-2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/EthTurk-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/EthTurk-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/EthTurk-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/EthTurk-2-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/EthTurk-2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 11, 2018 Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed Ethiopia\u2013T\u00fcrkiye commitment to deeper cooperation during a landmark joint press conference in Addis Ababa, underscoring shared resolve for strengthened bilateral ties. President Erdogan committed support for Ethiopia\u2019s quest for peaceful sea access, which is vital to sustaining economic growth and strengthening Ethiopia\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-news_en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2625"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2656,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625\/revisions\/2656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}