Addis Ababa, June 10, 2025 (FMC) — Armenia’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vahan Kostanyan lauded Addis Ababa’s massive infrastructure development to transform the city, stressing the need for deepening cooperation with Ethiopia across multiple sectors.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is in Ethiopia for an official working visit, expressed his deep impression over the remarkable progress of the Ethiopian capital under corridor development initiative.
Addis Ababa, which is also the political capital of Africa, has been rapidly advancing its Corridor Development Project, which aimed at uplifting the image of the city by meeting international smart city standards.
“I’m spending a great time in this lovely city of Addis Ababa. And I’m very happy and amazed to see the development and the big construction in the city,” Kostanyan said.
Moreover, the deputy minister emphasized that Ethiopia and Armenia share long-standing bilateral relations that date back to the 3rd or 4th century.
Particularly, the relationships between the two countries have been gaining momentum over the past decades, characterized by deepening cooperation in various fields, he stated.
“ We have already 32 years of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Ethiopia, I do believe that there is a unique chance to build on the historical friendship of our two nations, our two peoples, and to strengthen bilateral interstate relations.”
The deputy foreign minister also indicated that the two countries held political consultations and discussions during the last two days.
He added: “It shows that there is a great potential for our interstate relations to be strengthened in different areas, be it political, economic, education, high tech, etc.”
Ethiopia and Armenia have been seeking stronger cooperation in the spheres of education, high tech, and health-care, Kostanyan pointed out, noting that these are the areas where Armenian is championing, ENA reported..
He further elaborated that the two countries also have commonalities and share various agendas including multilateralism and financing development agenda at the global arena.
“There are different areas where the same LDCs group of countries can work and act together, be it Financing for Development Agenda, which now is very big priority in UN’s multilateral social summit.
The two countries have a very good potential to cooperate, citing the existing quite a good collaboration when it comes to multilateral fora.