“We have no intention of threatening the sovereignty of any nation but we would like a rules based access to the Red Sea. Our request is to initiate discussions towards sustainable solutions.”

“What we seek to accomplish as a nation requires clarity of thought. It also requires hard work on a daily basis. Although there are many issues contributing to our challenges, negative narratives do not build a nation”

“Emotion ridden and conspiracy based problems analysis cannot help us achieve sustainable solutions. It rather pushes us away further from the truth.”

“Over the past years, we as a government have neither initiated nor planned any attacks against any group as Ethiopia is not “worthless” for us. We have continuously been thwarting the attacks of those who aim to weaken this nation at every turn.”

“Ethiopia does not only have a political history. This seems to occupy us the most. We also have a rich social history as well and focusing extremely on our political history will put us out of balance. Hence, important to bring balance to our historical lenses.”

“Media has the power to cultivate the positive and the negative as well, depending on audience savvy. The media practice in Ethiopia is only at the beginning stages and requires care.”

“The opportunity that the National Dialogue provides us is immense and we must not miss this opportunity.”

“Our task is to lay the foundations for prosperity. We need not assume that poverty alleviation is a simple task that can be achieved in a short duration.”

“There is no doubt that there is increase in productivity. We see it greatly in agriculture. It doesn’t mean this is enough. More work needs to be undertaken. We need to make sure that the inputs & technology the farmer needs are also produced in country.”

“Corruption is quite complex. There are many tasks we have undertaken to curb it but cases of petty corruption will require us to work more broadly in various ways. Automation of services is beginning to help in this and we expect some results through automation.”

“Three things that will help us in our development endeavors:
1. Hard work
2. Discipline
3. Standing in union for development of the nation”

Via: Office of the Prime Minister-Ethiopia