DPM & FM Demeke praises Consulate in Dubai for efforts to protect citizens’ rights, interests

Addis Ababa, November 11, 2022 (FBC) – The FDRE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Demeke Mekonon, acknowledged that the Ethiopian Consulate General Office in Dubai is undertaking encouraging tasks to protect the rights and interests of citizens in Dubai and Northern Emirates.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minsiter of Foreign Affairs Demeke paid a visit to the Consulate General of Ethiopia in Dubai on Friday, November 11.

During his visit, DPM & FM Demeke was briefed by the Ethiopian Ambassador Aklilu Kebede regarding the services provided to citizens by the Consulate General Office, the activities being carried out to protect the rights and interests of citizens, to increase diaspora participation and to benefit Ethiopia in trade, investment and tourism.

It has been stated that the Consulate General Office is working in cooperation with the Ethiopian Community Association in Dubai and the Northern Emirates and the Ethiopian Embassy and Community Association in Abu Dhabi as well as stakeholders to protect the rights and interests of citizens.

On his part, DPM & FM Demeke Mekonen expressed that the work being carried out by the Consulate General Office and the community association to protect the rights and interests of the citizens is encouraging.

The DPM & FM called on all members and organizations of the diaspora to work in cooperation with the Consulate General Office and the community association to protect the rights and interests of the citizens since the Ethiopian government alone cannot solve the demands of the citizens with its limited resources.

The Ethiopian Consulate General Office in Dubai and Northern Emirates was opened in 2004. Besides to strengthening the diplomatic relations between the two countries, the Consulate General Office has been working with a focus on protecting the rights and interests of citizens, increasing the participation of the diaspora and increasing the country’s trade, investment and tourism through citizen-oriented diplomacy.

It has also been working on building images of the country and developing people-to-people ties.