(ENA) – On Monday, March 17, 2008, the Federal President of Ethiopia, H.E. Mr. Woyanne puppet Girma Woldegiorgis will be received in Berlin, Germany by the Federal President of Germany, H.E. Mr. Horst Köhler.
The Ethiopian President is off to Germany after an official invitation from the President inviting him to Berlin to converse on issues of mutual concern for both nations.
It is to be recalled that President Köhler visited Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on December 12, 2004 and also visited the African Union. Furthermore, German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel also visited Addis Ababa on October 4, 2007.
Diplomatic relations between Germany and Ethiopia are 104-years-old, from the first diplomatic communications to the establishments of embassies in Addis Ababa and Bonn (later to Berlin).
The current Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia in Berlin is H.E. Mr. Kassahun Ayele; likewise H.E. Dr. Claas Dieter Knoop is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany in Addis Ababa.