The Ethiopian capital held more than 30 international events at the beginning of the 2017 fiscal year, Spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Nebiat Getachew, told journalists during the briefing.
In particular, the 46th Confederation of African Football Ordinary General Assembly, the International Inter-Religious Conference, took place in Addis Ababa, Nebiat Getachew noted.
The official added that during the ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, the Ethiopian foreign minister had productive diplomatic engagements with representatives of other African countries and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
According to the Gregorian calendar, the Ethiopian fiscal year 2017 began on July 7, 2024.