{"id":3746,"date":"2021-03-21T17:54:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T17:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/?p=3746"},"modified":"2021-03-21T17:52:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T17:52:06","slug":"pm-abiy-confers-with-leadership-of-national-defense-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/pm-abiy-confers-with-leadership-of-national-defense-forces","title":{"rendered":"PM Abiy Confers with Leadership of National Defense Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\">Ethiopia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Addis Ababa March 21\/2021 (ENA) Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday held a meeting with the leadership of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF).<\/p>\n<p>The Premier wrote on his Facebook that \u201cI expressed pride in our forces as guardian of peace and protectors of sovereignty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abiy also urged member of the National Defense Forces to strengthen discipline and professionalism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also cautioned them on the need to strengthen discipline and professionalism, holding accountable those that undertake deeds in any operation which do not represent the ENDF values and rewarding those that do,\u201d he underlined.<\/p>\n<p>He further added accountability and disciplinary gaps will be addressed through the appropriate channels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ethiopia. Addis Ababa March 21\/2021 (ENA) Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday held a meeting with the leadership of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF). 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