Ethiopia’s Abiy calls for diplomacy to end Ukraine crisis

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Thursday called on all parties to conflict in Ukraine to exercise maximum restraint and step up diplomatic efforts to end the devastating crises in Europe.

Abiy’s statement came a day after Ethiopia missed a crucial vote at the United Nations General Assembly where representatives had gathered to vote on a resolution on the Russian invasion in Ukraine.

A total of 141 countries voted in favour of the UN resolution while five countries—Russia, North Korea Belarus, Syria, and Eritrea—voted against the resolution deploring Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

35 other countries, mainly from Africa, abstained from the voting.

Ethiopia was among the 13 other countries that did not attend the UN session, and hence was marked absent from the voting.