{"id":6924,"date":"2026-01-05T01:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T01:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/?p=6924"},"modified":"2026-01-05T01:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T01:13:09","slug":"indias-modi-visits-ethiopia-and-calls-for-renewed-bilateral-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/2026\/01\/05\/indias-modi-visits-ethiopia-and-calls-for-renewed-bilateral-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Modi visits Ethiopia and calls for renewed bilateral relations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ethiopia-india-narendra-modi-abiy-ahmed-6b74528d827fd280f6ea8f5bc3aad5b5\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ethiopia-india-narendra-modi-abiy-ahmed-6b74528d827fd280f6ea8f5bc3aad5b5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his first visit to Ethiopia on December 17, 2025, addressing parliamentarians in Addis Ababa and advocating for renewed strategic bilateral ties. He highlighted a shared Global South vision emphasizing fair development, accessible technology, and respected sovereignty, declaring, \u201cWe will walk together as equals, build together as partners, and succeed together as friends.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Modi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed MOUs on UN peacekeeper training, education, and establishing a data center at Ethiopia\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They also pledged cooperation on managing Ethiopia\u2019s international debt under the G20 Common Framework and combating terrorism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Modi received Ethiopia\u2019s highest civilian honor, the \u201cGreat Honor Nishan Ethiopia,\u201d as the first foreign head of state to do so. The visit underscores Ethiopia\u2019s post-civil war recovery, shifting alliances amid strained U.S. relations, and its recent BRICS membership, with India set to host the next summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This event shows cooperation between the two countries which is important for the future of both countries. They discuss exciting projects and this event is a perfect example of international relations and how recognizing collective interest can benefit both countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both India and Ethiopia can use the outcome of their meeting to protect the future of their states. They can move forward with hopes of a strong alliance and if they continue with this, both countries can succeed while keeping their national interest and security in mind.<br>This event is an example of liberal theory, and how it applies to international relations and how countries interact. Both countries have taken a liberal approach to their alliance and it puts both countries\u2019 best interests in mind because they are taking an issue they both struggle with and coming up with a collective solution.&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Link: https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ethiopia-india-narendra-modi-abiy-ahmed-6b74528d827fd280f6ea8f5bc3aad5b5 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his first visit to Ethiopia on December 17, 2025, addressing parliamentarians in Addis Ababa and advocating for renewed strategic bilateral ties. He highlighted a shared Global South vision emphasizing fair development, accessible technology, and respected sovereignty, declaring, \u201cWe will walk together as equals, build together as partners, and succeed together as friends.\u201d&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/2026\/01\/05\/indias-modi-visits-ethiopia-and-calls-for-renewed-bilateral-relations\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":340,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/340"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6925,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6924\/revisions\/6925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}