Very pleased to announce that Denmark🇩🇰will increase our humanitarian support to Ethiopia🇪🇹with an additional 4.5 M USD to help
@OCHA_Ethiopia
to provide more humanitarian aid to the people in need in
#Ethiopia
🙏
Selam 🇪🇹 I am Sune Krogstrup - the new Ambassador of Denmark to Ethiopia, Djibouti, South Sudan and Sudan, as well as Permanent Representative to AU, IGAD and UNECA 🇩🇰 I look forward to cooperating and building strong ties with all of you and our partners the next 4 years 🤝
Very honoured to have presented my credentials to the 🇪🇹 President H.E.
@SahleWorkZewde
on Friday Oct. 1, officially becoming the Ambassador of
#Denmark
🇩🇰to
#Ethiopia
. Thank you to the 🇪🇹 MFA for a well-arranged and friendly ceremony.
A beautiful coffee ceremony ☕️🥮🌼prepared by the embassy staff to celebrate the Ethiopian New Year. Lots of reasons to wish for a peaceful future🕊 Melkam Addis Amet🌼🇪🇹🌼
Beautiful Addis morning and so proud to be part of the 5k
@greatethrun
this time celebrating Women’s achievements in 🇪🇹And on top I got🥇in the ambassador’s race🏃♀️Amazing women joined and very honoured the President of 🇪🇹
@SahleWorkZewde
and
@HaileGebr
cheered us all up😊🇪🇹🇩🇰
“Eshi” and “Amesegnalehun” - my first Amharic words. Three years after, I am now ending my post as Ambassador in this beautiful country. My Amharic is still two worded but I am rich on experience and thankfullness to all Ethiopians. 🙏🇪🇹 አመሰግናለሁኝ
@SahleWorkZewde
Today 🇩🇰 took part in
#EU
’s annual political dialogue on human rights with 🇪🇹. We expressed deep concerns about
#Tigray
: impeded humanitarian access, severe famine and gross human rights violations. We called for a humanitarian ceasefire, justice and reconciliation
#TeamEurope
The U.S., Canada and several European nations call for a cease-fire in Ethiopia’s Tigray region in order to avoid the risk of famine after months of conflict via
@bpolitics
Visit to
#Amhara
with the
@EUinEthiopia
Fantastic to see the beautiful and historical places but devestating to hear from partners, political and religious leaders about the effects of war and conflict. So many needs and so much work to be done in all of 🇪🇹
#Conflict
#Peace
🕊
Touched and encouraged by the ceremony in the
#Ethiopia
‘n parliament this morning: Peace and reconciliation as core messages in the speech of PM Dr Abiy focusing on youth, inclusion and national unity. Congratulations on the appointment from
@Denmark_Addis
Denmark_Addis
Met with 🇩🇰 strategic partners working in Tigray to provide emergency assistance and help people in need. A very dire situation! Rapid, unimpeded and sustained access required. We thank the 🇩🇰 civil society for your brave and important efforts. We are fully behind you 🙏
Today at the Royal Palace in Copenhagen, I thanked our Crown Prince, HRH Frederik for my position as Ambassador in
#Ethiopia
🇪🇹and for the decoration of Order of the Dannebrog 🇩🇰. Very honoured and proud💫☺️
I am leaving 🇪🇹 and
@_AfricanUnion
after 3 years, witnessing opportunities and challenges. I am taking on a new position at 🇩🇰 MFA HQ as Director of Green Diplomacy and Climate 🌱 My successor Kira Smith Sindbjerg will continue this account. It has been a privilege. Take care!
Good discussions today with Minister of Finance
@Ahmedshide2022
at the
@MoF_Ethiopia
about 🇩🇰Danish development assistance to
#Ethiopia
🇪🇹 and the way ahead in light of the current situation in the country
On my last visit to
#Tigray
I was so lucky to visit the amazing rock churches in Gheralta. The trip included vertical hiking🥾🧗 and camping under the 🌠. 🙏 to our guide Haftu for an excellent job getting me all the way up the mountain💪.
Served in Ghana under former President John Dramani Mahama. Here he is
@TanaForum
It is all about competition. Important that all counties at the continent ratify the CFTA treaty. It will lead to shared prosperity. Job creation key! 🙌🏾
@AUC_MoussaFaki
@HannaTetteh
@JDMahama
🇩🇰 is a strong supporter of the ambitious 🇪🇹 reform agenda! Today we have signed the very first Danish Country Programme for Ethiopia 2018-2022. Committing 150 million USD for achieving the
#SDGs
& inclusive sustainable development for the people of
#Ethiopia
#dkaid
Since the onset of the conflict in
#Tigray
, 🇪🇺 has been calling for cessation of hostilities & unhindered humanitarian access. Now, we need to build a broad international consensus on this issue, which is on the top of our political agenda. Important that 🇪🇺 acts as
#TeamEurope
.
So this is goodbye! Excellency, Dr Mulatu Teshome, President of
#Ethiopia
: It has been an honour to serve as ambassador of
#Denmark
during your tenure. With all my heart, I wish the best for your country and its people: May the future be peaceful and prosperous 🇩🇰🇪🇹
Strolling around Harar - city of peace and inter-religious tolerance - on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. So many surprises: Ethiopia continues to reveal new aspects of a fascinating and multifaceted history and culture. Wonderful to be here 🐫
Met this group of 🍀brave women in
#Tigray
yesterday. They shared their story of endurance 💪and survival through conflict. But also how much they appreciate lasting peace🕊️and only want to get back to normal life🙏
@EthiopianATA
.
#WPS
#Ethiopia
Melkam Timket to everyone celebrating🇪🇹😊🎉A beautiful day in
#Addis
and a privilege to join so many happy people in national colors, flags and joyful spirits.
#Epiphany
#Timket
#WindPower
is 🔑 to make Ethiopian power generation resilient to effects of climate change.
#Denmark
is very proud to announce support to the establishment of Assela Wind Farm securing access to energy for up to 3 mio. people. More info👇
#SDG7
#RenewableEnergy
#SustainableEnergy
One of the things I ♥️ the most in 🇪🇹 is the running spirit. So proud to be part of
@greatethrun
today and even get the 🥇in the women’s amb run. 🙏all the organisers and all my fellow runners
@Denmark_Addis
🏃🏃🏾♀️. A day to remember🕊️
Today, 25 Nov., is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. There is
#NoExcuse
for gender-based violence 🙅♀️💪
#16DaysEthiopia
🇪🇹
Magic ⭐️
#Lalibela
🇪🇹. What a privilege to visit the
#UNESCO
Heritage sites and listen to and try to understand the stories of religious centuries and cultures🤔😯
My tour of duty in
#AddisAbaba
is soon coming to an end. It has been fantastic. From 1 September, my successor will take over this twitter account, and I will tweet on Denmark in the Sahel and Maghreb. Follow me on
@DKSahelMaghreb
🇩🇰
Two dedicated leaders with a strong vision on women & girls’ rights! 🇩🇰
@Ulla_Tornaes
meets 🇪🇹
@SahleWorkZewde
at the
#AfricaEurope2018
High Level Forum in Vienna.
Denmark remains committed to the ambitious Ethiopian reform agenda 💪
Excited to see the new Assela Wind Farm Project in
#Ethiopia
is taking shape. The assembly of the first wind towers has finally started. Denmark is supporting the 100 MW project with grants and loan. 🇩🇰🇪🇹
#IFU
#ETHwind
#Danida
#SDG7
Wind breaking news:
#Denmark
approves concessional financing of 100 MW wind farm in
#Assella
#Ethiopia
. Will contribute to rural electrification, green growth and industrialisation - and strengthen the climate partnership 🇩🇰🇪🇹
#dkaid
@SvenssonNikolaj
Clear messages from
#Ethiopia
‘s PM Abiy, emphasising the need for privatisation, economic reforms, political space, multiparty democracy, free media, anti-corruption - and not least national reconciliation: “Foregiveness, peace and compromise is what we need”.
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of handing over copies of my credentials to H.E. Melaku Bedada, Director General of Protocol Affairs 🇩🇰🇪🇹
I’m very excited to be back in Ethiopia as Ambassador of Denmark and look forward to cooperating with
@mfaethiopia
&
@_AfricanUnion
🌍🕊️
Ethiopian Airlines is set to launch a new passenger flight to Copenhagen, Denmark, as of May 22, 2023. The new flight will be operated five times a week. Read more at
#FlyEthiopian
#Copenhagen
#NewDestination
An honour to present copies of my 🇩🇰credentials to H.E. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Djibouti 🇩🇯
@ymahmoudali
today. Very good discussions on impacts of climate change, how to mitigate and adapt 💧☀️as well as regional developments 🌍
#Djibouti
@UEaDjibouti
Visiting Tigray region today! HRH Crown Princess Mary and
@Ulla_Tornaes
are here to see how both refugee and host communities benefit from the opportunities UNHCR
@Refugees
provide - especially for women and girls💪🏽🌱
#DKinEthiopia
#SDG5
Proud to announce further support to the partnership btw Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and
@menneskeret
for a strong &independent EHRC. Protection & promotion of human rights are 🔑priorities for Denmark. We look forward to following the important work of
@DanielBekele
🗣
I am pleased to welcome HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and Danish Minister for Development Cooperation, Ulla Tœrnæs to Ethiopia 🇪🇹
I look very much forward to the coming days experiences with you - starting with St. Paul’s Hospital this morning ✨
#SDG5
#DKinEthiopia
Wonderful forest honey, freshly collected by a brave man in Harena forest, Bale mountains. Great weekend get-away after a busy week
#BaleMountainsLodge
#Ethiopia
Always inspiring to be in the field and seeing things first-hand. Today I visited the
#PSNP
in beautiful Tigray with
@RasmusPrehn
. 🇩🇰 supports the great efforts made to improve livelihoods for exposed communities and adapting to agriculture to climate changes
#DKinEthiopia
#dkaid
Feeling blessed, enjoying the silence and grandeur. So lucky to spend Ethiopian Palm Sunday in Mariam Korkor - one of the hundreds of amazing rockhewn churches in
#Tigray
#Ethiopia
#Gheralta
Dealing with garbage in
#Ethiopia
is a huge challenge🔥Danish consultants from
@ramboll
are supervising the completion of the
#Reppie
25MW Waste-to-Energy facility in
#Addis
. Thanks, Rune, for explaining challenges and opportunities
After a 3-days excellent visit from the 🇩🇰 Min for Development and Global Climate Policy
@DanJoergensen
in 🇪🇹my biggest 🙏 this morning goes to my embassy team
@Denmark_Addis
for your professionalism, team spirit and many smiles in a hectic time. Armasegenarlu🙏👍💪Tak!
You’ve got mail 😊 Just back from a a lively and constructive Embassy retreat, this was waiting for me. Deeply honoured and proud to have been awarded the Order of Dannebrog by HM The Queen of Denmark. From my ❤️ thank you! 🇩🇰
An astonishing moment! Met Alaa Salah in the margins of the AU PSC meeting on UNSCR 1325. Focus on the vital role of women in peace and mediation in Sudan. Thank you for sharing your story and for your courage and dedication to make change happen 🤝🌍🌺
@AUBinetaDiop
@AU_PSD
Day 2 at
@TanaForum
started with a morning run on the boulevards of
#Bahirdar
. A mix of 🇪🇹culture, religion and nature🏞️🙏
@IPSS_Addis
for bringing us together real time. More discussions today on
#security
and 🕊️ in 🌍,challenges and possible solutions
The brutality of conflict in 🇪🇹takes time to heal. A lot of good work already in place in Tigray. Visits to a physical rehabilitation clinic and a demolished hospital in Shire witnes the needs. 🙏🏥
@EthioRedCross
@ICRC
@danskrodekors
for 💪 efforts.
@DanishMFA
@Denmark_Addis
🎗️
The first Ethiopian Energy Outlook has been completed in close coop with 🇪🇹and 🇩🇰institutions. Electrification, electric vehicles and scenarios for the power 🔋⚡️ sector has been analysed. Great potential for 🇪🇹 hydro 🌊power to act as a buffer for wind 🌬️and ☀️ in the region.
Such a privilege to meet
@vonderleyen
. After only a few days in office, first foreign visit to
#Ethiopia
and the
#AU
. Huge potential in strengthened EU-Africa partnership! 🤝🌍 And proud to have a female President 🌺
@DanishMFA
@vestager
Met with the inspirational AU Youth Enyoy,
@aya_chebbi
to discuss prospects for inclusion of
#youth
in decision-making at all levels of society, with Danish Under-Secretary for Foreign Policy, Lisbeth Zilmer-Johns.
What a wonderful morning: Preparing for the Hawassa Half Marathon - probably one of the most beautiful races in
#Ethiopia
@greatethrun
. We’ll be back 👣❤️🇩🇰🇪🇹
An honour to present my credentials to the Chairman of the Sovereign Council. On a sunny morning in Khartoum, we hope for peace for all women and men in Sudan 🤝🕊
WHO Director General’s chief adviser
@DrSenait
Fisseha: “Although… WHO has been sounding the alarm, not everyone has taken the same radical, aggressive measures some other countries have taken.”
Boarding
@flyethiopian
after eventful three days in
#Sudan
. Thank you all partners for your warm hospitality and profound insights. Hope to be back soon. Stay safe! 🙏
Youth engagement and climate action is crucial to prevent conflicts from escalating! Key themes in today’s inaugural
#DKAfrica
dialogue, convening key partners to engage in discussions on conflict resilience and prevention across the continent.
Electric vehicles⚡️are becoming a part of the bustling life in Addis Ababa.
@Denmark_Addis
is following the🟢trend and got our first electric car🔋🚘 Perfect for short trips, stop-and-go driving, and low speeds and it reduces our carbon footprint and improves air quality 🦶💨
Visit to the 🇩🇰supported forest 🌳programme in Kaffa, Southwest region. Saving indigeous trees, planting new ones 🌱and creating a sustainable livelihood for the local communities. 🗝️ to engage the youth and support 🎗️local empowerment💪🏽
#dkaid
#forests
It was an honour for my family and I to host Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and the Minister for Development Cooperation
@Ulla_Tornaes
and many Danish & Ethiopian partners for a night celebrating the strong bonds between the two countries💐
#DKinEthiopia
#SDG5
🇩🇰 supports 🇪🇹 Covid19 response plan: USD 18 million to social safety nets, food security and protection of women and girls. Part of global Danish contribution of USD 146 million with focus on Africa 🌍 Solidarity 👏🏽
#TeamEurope
@RasmusPrehn
@DanishMFA
@mfaethiopia
@EUinEthiopia
Constitution day in my garden in Addis🇩🇰🎉🌼🇪🇹💐A good reminder of how we must preserve and value our fundamental rights and freedoms in a changing and fragile world. My deep thank to all participants,
@Denmark_Addis
and to
@mfaethiopia
for joining me at the “stage”🙏🇪🇹🇩🇰
As always an 👁️opener to visit new places in 🇪🇹, this time 🇩🇰
#dkaid
supported projects in
#Afar
region. A day full of impressions from eager 🏫school children, extreme drought 🌵to 🇺🇳warehouses full of live 🎗️saving aid packages. A huge 🙏to
@UNICEFEthiopia
@WFP_Ethiopia
Visiting
#ArbaMinch
with the special Dorze village, it’s traditions of 🛖🎋and weaving 🧵show a deep 🇪🇹 culture. Fantastic lakes, mountains and clean spring water 💦💧
Offices are empty but
@Denmark_Addis
is still open! Helping Danes, reconnecting internet and staying on top of key agendas like ending
#FGM
💪 Thank you colleagues working from home and 🇩🇰 Without you we could not remain a visible partner under difficult circumstances
#COVID19dk
Unconventional, interesting and attractive!
#Ethiopia
‘n female entrepreneurs at Copenhagen International Fashion Festival
#CIFF
#CAWEE
@DKinAddis
hard at work to stimulate new partnerships and trade relations beyond
#dkaid
Honoured to present my Credentials to the President H.E. Dr. Mulatu Teshome 🇪🇹 An enduring experience for me and my family. See you in Copenhagen 🇩🇰 at
#P4GSummit
to further
#greengrowth
and
#SDGs
together!
A great honour to present my credentials to 🇩🇯President
@IsmailOguelleh
in Djibouti today. Good talk about challenges in the region and bilateral relations🤝🇩🇰🇩🇯. Hope to be back soon to this special and beautiful country🐠🐳🌊⚓️
@DanishMFA
@Denmark_Addis
Innovation & technology are key in leapfrogging development. Today
@DrGetahun
shared his ambitious strategy for closing the digital knowledge gap and creating tech employment in Ethiopia.
#techvelopment
As part of the emergency seed support to 🇪🇹, Denmark🇩🇰 supported via
@EthiopianATA
18k farmers in five conflict affected
#ACC
in the Amhara region. Happy to see some areas of farming productive again and 🌾getting ready.
I paid a visit to Gode, Somali region and saw some of the devastating consequences of the current drought in 🇪🇹Ethiopia. Impressed by the work of our partners
@WFP_Ethiopia
@UNICEFEthiopia
@save_children
Still so much more to be done, keep up the good work🙏🇩🇰👏🏼
I går Sudan, i dag Djibouti. En dansker 🇩🇰 landede i dag fra Djibouti med fransk 🇫🇷 særfly i Kastrup. Merci 🙏 Vores seje team på
@Denmark_Addis
, Trine og Camilla, arbejder dagen lang med at få strandede danskere sikkert hjem 🙌
@DanishMFA
#COVID19dk
Grateful to present copies of my 🇩🇰credentials in
#Juba
to acting Minister of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation of South Sudan🇸🇸, Hon. Deng Dau. Good discussions on South Sudan, our bilateral relations 🤝and the developments in the region
@SouthSudanGov
@DanishMFA
Our hearts are filled with sorrow this morning, knowing that so many nationalities, incl. UN staff and aid workers, lost their lives yesterday in the horrible crash 💔 They wanted to make a difference in the world and we honour them 🙏
@PMEthiopia
@flyethiopian
@DanishMFA
🇩🇰 has just been elected to the UN Security Council for 2025-2026. A warm thanks to everyone that voted for us 🙌
We are humbled to take on this important responsibility and look forward to working with fellow members to advance international peace and security 🇺🇳🕊️🌍
#DK4UNSC