Ethiopia Forms New Cabinet; Jayashankar Plans Addis Ababa Visit

Ethiopia’s parliament reconvened on Monday and endorsed a new federal cabinet led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. In the reshuffle, Gedion Timotheos Heseboehn was again named Foreign Minister. Following the development, Minister Jayashankar announced that, after completing his ongoing trip to Côte d’Ivoire, he will travel to Addis Ababa. The upcoming visit will include a bilateral meeting with Ethiopian leadership, a discussion on regional and global issues, and the chairing of a conference of regional mission chiefs in the capital.