PM Dr Abiy holds talks with Italian PM

Addis Ababa, March 22, 2020 (FBC) -Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed last night held talks on the phone with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.

The Prime Minister expressed Ethiopia’s solidarity with the people of Italy in this difficult time.

“We shall overcome this together and united as a global community,” said Prime Minister Dr Abiy in a twitter post.

Italy announced 793 more deaths on Saturday, the second day in a row of the biggest day-to-day increase in the country’s four-week epidemic.

The total number of deaths in Italy has now reached 4,825.