EU has no intention to interfere in Ethiopia’s domestic affair: Commissioner

Addis Ababa, November 25, 2020 (FBC) -Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Demeke Mekonnen, has held talks with EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič in Brussels, Belgium.

The discussion mainly focused on the on-going law enforcement operation in Ethiopia, according to Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

The Commissioner on the occasion said that the European Union has no intention to interfere in Ethiopia’s domestic affair.

Ethiopia is a strategic partner to EU, he said, urging the Government to provide protection to civilians and allow access to humanitarian relief to people in need during the law enforcement operation.

Demeke for his part reaffirmed Government’s commitment to give utmost protection to civilians and scale up efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to people in need of help.