Ethiopia - Travels of the President - Travels - Department
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Ethiopia
Name | Locale | Remarks | Date |
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William Pierce Rogers | Addis Ababa | Met with Emperor Haile Selassie and senior Ethiopian officials. Addressed the
Organization of African Unity February 12. | February 11–13, 1970 |
Warren Minor Christopher | Addis Ababa | Met with Prime Minister Zenawi and discussed plans for an African crisis-response
force with OAU officials. | October 9–11, 1996 |
Madeleine Korbel Albright | Addis Ababa | Addressed the Economic Commission of the Organization of African Unity. | December 8–10, 1997 |
Condoleezza Rice | Addis Ababa | Met with leaders of the African Great Lakes States and discussed the situation in
Somalia and the Sudan with representatives of the African Union and the UN. | December 5–6, 2007 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton | Addis Ababa | Addressed the African Union Assembly. Met with Chairperson Ping and Ethiopian Prime
Minister Zenawi. | June 13–14, 2011 |
John Forbes Kerry | Addis Ababa | Attended the African Union Summit and commemorated the Golden Jubilee of the
Organization of African Unity. | May 24–26, 2013 |
John Forbes Kerry | Addis Ababa | Co-convened the 4th Session of the U.S.-AU High Level Dialogue. Met with Somali
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. | April 30–May 3, 2014 |
Rex W. Tillerson | Addis Ababa | Met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Ethiopian Foreign Minister
Workneh Gebeyehu, and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki
Mahamat. | March 6–8, 2018 |
Michael R. Pompeo | Addis Ababa | Met with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Sahle-Work Zewde. Also met with
African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat. | February 17–19, 2020 |
Antony Blinken | Addis Ababa | Met with Ethiopian officials and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki
Mahamat. | March 14–16, 2023 |