{"id":52600,"date":"2025-01-13T08:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T08:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kagame-meets-shimelis-abdisa-president-of-oromia-region-in-ethiopia\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T17:26:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T17:26:20","slug":"kagame-meets-shimelis-abdisa-president-of-oromia-region-in-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kagame-meets-shimelis-abdisa-president-of-oromia-region-in-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame meets Shimelis Abdisa, President of Oromia region in Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The meeting was confirmed by the Office of the President through a statement shared on X, which highlighted that both parties discussed the bilateral relations.<\/p>\n

Shimelis Abdisa has been leading Oromia since April 2019 and has been Chief Staff of the Prime Minister since 2018, Abiy Ahmed, since 2018. <\/p>\n

Oromia is the largest region in Ethiopia, covering more than 350,000 square kilometers and home to nearly 40 million people, approximately a third of Ethiopia\u2019s population. <\/p>\n

The region is located in central Ethiopia, extending to the western part, sharing borders with other parts of the country in the Horn of Africa, excluding Tigray.<\/p>\n

Oromia is known for its fertile land, natural resources, and agricultural production, particularly coffee. <\/p>\n

It is also rich in minerals such as gold, gemstones, and others. However, the region has faced political challenges, natural disasters, and other issues. <\/p>\n

Rwanda and Ethiopia have a strong relationship based on diplomatic respect and cooperation agreements aimed at benefiting their citizens. <\/p>\n

The two countries have signed various agreements, including those focused on cooperation in law enforcement, media, sports, tourism, healthcare, education, and culture. <\/p>\n

Their partnership extends to agriculture, trade, education, and air travel services with agreements between RwandAir and Ethiopian Airlines.<\/p>\n

In 2024, Rwanda and Ethiopia signed cooperation agreements in five areas, including political collaboration, business, sports, disaster management, and investment. <\/p>\n

The countries also share a deep connection through their people-to-people exchanges. In April 2024, Ethiopia\u2019s Prime Minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, attended Rwanda\u2019s commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n

President Kagame and Dr. Ahmed have held several discussions, including during the 2023 Africa-Saudi Arabia summit, to further strengthen the relationship between the two nations. <\/p>\n

The two leaders also met in 2021 during a two-day visit Dr. Ahmed made to Rwanda.<\/p>\n

\"President<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Paul Kagame received Shimelis Abdisa, the President of Oromia, one of Ethiopia’s largest regions, on Sunday, January 12, 2025. Shimelis is part of a delegation of Ethiopians visiting Rwanda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000080134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000080134,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ghg8v7dxqaeyxac-b5939.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ghg8v7dxqaeyxac-b5939.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ghg8v7dxqaeyxac-b5939.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ghg8v7dxqaeyxac-b5939.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ghg8v7dxqaeyxac-b5939.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ghg8v7dxqaeyxac-b5939.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000080134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52600"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52600"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}