April 2, 2022
Biniam Berhe, center, presenting his letter of credence on 30 March. Biniam has long served Eritrea as its diplomatic representative to the African union before Ethiopia and Eritrea reopened each other’s embassies in Addis Abeba and Asmara, respectively. Picture: Eritrean embassy in Addis Abeba
Addis Abeba – The State of Eritrea has replaced its outgoing Ambassador Semere Russom, by Biniam Berhe, who presented his letter of credence as Chargé d’affaires representing Eritrea to officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 30 March.
Meanwhile, Addis Standard learned that Eritrea has not yet accepted the letter of credence from Ethiopia’s newly appointed envoy to Asmara, Ambassador Fikadu Beyen.
The appointment of Biniam as Chargé d’affaires instead of Ambassador came shortly after President Sahle-Work Zewde bid farewell to the outgoing Ambassador Semere Russom, who was also Eritrea’s Permanent Representative to the African Union (AU) & the United Nation Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) since July 2018.
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