{"id":10381,"date":"2022-02-01T21:08:14","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T21:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/?p=10381"},"modified":"2022-02-01T20:35:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T20:35:28","slug":"deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks","title":{"rendered":"Deputy PM,  Special Envoy of France for Horn of Africa Hold Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ethiopia. <\/strong><\/span>s Ababa February 1\/2022\/ENA\/ Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Demeke Mekonnen held talks today with the Special Envoy of France for the Horn of Africa, Frederic Clavier, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides discussed the situation in Ethiopia, regional and bilateral issues.<\/p>\n<p>Appreciating the longstanding relationship between the two countries, the deputy premier underlined Ethiopia\u2019s keen interest to further cement its relationship with France.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that the stance of France regarding the recent situation in Ethiopia was balanced and encouraging.<\/p>\n<p>Demeke also briefed the special envoy about the encouraging peace efforts that the Government of Ethiopia has been undertaking lately.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, he noted the establishment of the National Dialogue Commission with the view to addressing critical national issues and creating understanding among people.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the release of high political figures from prison would accelerate the success of the dialogue by making it more inclusive.<\/p>\n<p>Although the government\u2019s decision to withhold the advance of its troops from entering Tigray was to augment peace efforts, the TPLF\u2019s renewed attacks on adjacent regions are threatening and beyond expectations, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The special envoy on his part expressed France\u2019s interest to strengthen relationships with Ethiopia, a linchpin state in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Special Envoy Clavier further pointed out his country\u2019s commitment to supporting rehabilitation efforts and the proposed all-inclusive national dialogue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\">Ethiopia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ethiopia. s Ababa February 1\/2022\/ENA\/ Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Demeke Mekonnen held talks today with the Special Envoy of France for the Horn of Africa, Frederic Clavier, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The two sides discussed the situation in Ethiopia, regional and bilateral issues. Appreciating the longstanding relationship between the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":10380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12],"tags":[233,277,235],"class_list":["post-10381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ethiopia-2","tag-ethiopia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Deputy PM, Special Envoy of France for Horn of Africa Hold Talks - Ethiopia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"s Ababa February 1\/2022\/ENA\/ Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Demeke Mekonnen held talks today with the Speci ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Deputy PM, Special Envoy of France for Horn of Africa Hold Talks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"s Ababa February 1\/2022\/ENA\/ Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Demeke Mekonnen held talks today with the Speci ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ethiopia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-01T21:08:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2022\/02\/img-61f99975b77c0.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"956\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"468\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Deputy PM, Special Envoy of France for Horn of Africa Hold Talks\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-01T21:08:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks\"},\"wordCount\":255,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2022\/02\/img-61f99975b77c0.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Ethiopia\",\"ethiopia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks\",\"name\":\"Deputy PM, Special Envoy of France for Horn of Africa Hold Talks - Ethiopia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2022\/02\/img-61f99975b77c0.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-01T21:08:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"s Ababa February 1\/2022\/ENA\/ Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Demeke Mekonnen held talks today with the Speci ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2022\/02\/img-61f99975b77c0.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2022\/02\/img-61f99975b77c0.jpg\",\"width\":956,\"height\":468,\"caption\":\"Deputy PM, Special Envoy of France for Horn of Africa Hold Talks\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Deputy PM, Special Envoy of France for Horn of Africa Hold Talks\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/\",\"name\":\"Ethiopia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Deputy PM, Special Envoy of France for Horn of Africa Hold Talks - Ethiopia","description":"s Ababa February 1\/2022\/ENA\/ Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Demeke Mekonnen held talks today with the Speci ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Deputy PM, Special Envoy of France for Horn of Africa Hold Talks","og_description":"s Ababa February 1\/2022\/ENA\/ Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Demeke Mekonnen held talks today with the Speci ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks","og_site_name":"Ethiopia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-02-01T21:08:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":956,"height":468,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2022\/02\/img-61f99975b77c0.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Deputy PM, Special Envoy of France for Horn of Africa Hold Talks","datePublished":"2022-02-01T21:08:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks"},"wordCount":255,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2022\/02\/img-61f99975b77c0.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Ethiopia","ethiopia"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","homepage-english","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks","name":"Deputy PM, Special Envoy of France for Horn of Africa Hold Talks - Ethiopia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2022\/02\/img-61f99975b77c0.jpg","datePublished":"2022-02-01T21:08:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"s Ababa February 1\/2022\/ENA\/ Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Demeke Mekonnen held talks today with the Speci ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2022\/02\/img-61f99975b77c0.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2022\/02\/img-61f99975b77c0.jpg","width":956,"height":468,"caption":"Deputy PM, Special Envoy of France for Horn of Africa Hold Talks"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/deputy-pm-special-envoy-of-france-for-horn-of-africa-hold-talks#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Deputy PM, Special Envoy of France for Horn of Africa Hold Talks"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/","name":"Ethiopia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}