Denmark–Ethiopia relations

Danish-Ethiopian relations

Denmark
Ethiopia

Denmark–Ethiopia relations refers to the current and historical relations between Denmark and Ethiopia. Denmark has an embassy in Addis Ababa,[1] and Ethiopia is represented in Denmark through its embassy in London.[2] Diplomatic relations were established in the 1960s and since then the relations between Denmark and Ethiopia has had their ups and downs.[3] In 2008, Ethiopian export to Denmark amounted 6,5 million DKK, while Danish export amounted 40,3 million DKK. Denmark provides aid and assistance to Ethiopia through the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA).[4] Ethiopia is a partner country for the DANIDA.[5]

In 1954, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie visited Denmark on a state visit, and the Danish government awarded him the highest order of Denmark, the Order of the Elephant.[6] Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Møller and Defence Minister Søren Gade visited Ethiopia in 2004, to meet the chairman of the African Union in Abbis Ababa.[7] In 2007, Danish Development Minister Ulla Tørnæs visited the Semien Wollo Zone.[8]

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History

Many Danish missionaries and traders visited Ethiopia through the 20th century. Danes and other Scandinavians helped with the building of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus.[9] In June 1935, just before the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, Denmark had stopped the shipments of arms to Ethiopia,[10][11] and prevented Ethiopia from buying munitions.[12] When the war started, Denmark lifted their ban and ended their embargo.[13][14] In 1950, Denmark and 15 other countries voted for a united Eritrea and Ethiopia under Haile Selassie in the United Nations.[15] During the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, Denmark with Norway contributed a total of 27,5 million dollars.[16]

After the Eritrean–Ethiopian War from 1998 to 2000, Denmark sent 320 soldiers to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea to monitor a ceasefire in the border war.[17]

In April 2001, Danish Forein Minister Mogens Lykketoft visited Ethiopia and called for the strengthen of its relations with Ethiopia.[18]

Denmark opened an embassy in Ethiopia in 2004[9] and in November 2011, Ethiopia signed an air service agreement with Denmark.[19]

Danish assistance

Danish NGO DanChurchAid assisted with a budget on 17 million DKK for a soil and water conservation programme in Dire Dawa. Since 1994, Denmark assisted with 2,3 million dollars for a fuelwood plantation project in Ethiopia.[20] From 1992 to 1994, Denmark provided 80 million DKK to Ethiopia for the reconstruction of the country.[21] From 2004 to 2008, Denmark provided more than 140 million DKK to Ethiopia.[22] In 2008 and 2009, the Danish aid to Ethiopia amounted 100 million DKK.[23] During the 2011 East Africa drought in Ethiopia and neighboring countries, Denmark has contributed with 130 million DKK to the region.[24]

References

  1. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. "Danish embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia". http://www.ambaddisababa.um.dk/en. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  2. ^ "Diplomatic Missions in Denmark". Government of Denmark. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark). http://um.dk/en/~/media/UM/English-site/Documents/About-us/The%20Protocol%20Department/DiplomaticMissions%2023122011.ashx. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  3. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia. "Bilateral relations [seach for Denmark"]. http://www.mfa.gov.et/Foreign_Policy_And_Relation/Bilateral.php. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  4. ^ "Landefakta Etiopien" (in Danish). WayBack Machine. http://web.archive.org/web/20100414013933/http://www.um.dk/da/menu/Udenrigspolitik/Landefakta/LandefaktaAfrika/Etiopien. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  5. ^ "Afrika". http://um.dk/da/danida/det-goer-vi/lande-reg/afrika/. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  6. ^ "Haile Selassie" (in Danish). Berlingske. 21 February 2011. http://www.b.dk/nationalt/haile-selassie. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  7. ^ "2 danske ministre til Sudan og Etiopien - Per Stig vil underskrive aftale om 72 mio. kr. til programmet Afrika for Fred". Ulandsnyt. 19 November 2004. http://www.u-landsnyt.dk/nyhed/19-11-04/2-danske-ministre-til-sudan-og-etiopien-stig-vil-u. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  8. ^ Folkekirkens Nødhjælp (21 June 2007). "Danish Minister of Development visits Ethiopia". http://www.danchurchaid.org/projects/africa/ethiopia/read-more/danish-minister-of-development-visits-ethiopia. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  9. ^ a b Folkekirkens Nødhjælp (4 October 2005). "Udviklingsbistand gør en forskel for Etiopiens fattigste" (in Danish). Folkekirkens Nødhjælp. http://www.noedhjaelp.dk/nyheder/seneste-nyt/udviklingsbistand-goer-en-stor-forskel-for-etiopiens-fattigste. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  10. ^ "Italo - Ethiopia". Sarasota Herald. 11 July 1935. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cxseAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U2QEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3265,706408&dq=&hl=en. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  11. ^ "War proceeds as report from League of Nations clears Ethiopians". Ellensburg Daily Record. 5 October 1935. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dMkrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R4MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5935,3624805&dq=&&hl=en. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  12. ^ "ETHIOPIA CHARGES ARMS WERE HELD UP; Emperor Says France, Belgium, Denmark and Czechoslovakia Blocked Shipments.". New York Times: p. 26. 30 June 1935. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70911F93D58167A93C2AA178DD85F418385F9. Retrieved 27 December 2011. "Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia charged today that France, Belgium, Denmark and Czechoslovakia had prevented his government from buying munitions in ..." 
  13. ^ "Denmark to Lift Ban on Ethiopia". New York Times. 13 October 1935. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60C11FC3459107A93C1A8178BD95F418385F9&scp=1&sq=Denmark%20to%20Lift%20Ban%20on%20Ethiopia.&st=cse. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  14. ^ "BRITAIN WILL LIFT ETHIOPIA ARMS BAN; Awaits League Notification of Act by Assembly -- Denmark Also to End Embargo.". New York Times. 13 October 1935. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70C11FC3459107A93C1A8178BD95F418385F9. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  15. ^ Ethiopia, Eritrea to merge. 14. Iowa: Telegraph Herald. 3 December 1950. p. 4. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7RNRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J88MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1373,5617776&dq=&hl=en. Retrieved 27 December 2011. "Besides the United States, the sponsoring powers were Bolivia, Brazil, Burma, Canada, Denmark, Ecuador, Greece, Liberia, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru" 
  16. ^ Kurt Jansson, Michael Harris, Angela Penrose (1990). The Ethiopian famine. Zed Books. pp. 219. http://books.google.dk/books?ei=gQP6Tv-dOYnRsgbpk4QH&hl=da&id=c_66AAAAIAAJ&dq=Ethiopian+Famine+Danish+aid&q=Norway+and+Denmark+contributed+a+total+of+%2427.5+million#search_anchor. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  17. ^ "Moralens vogtere" (in Danish). Jyllandsposten. 4 April 2001. http://jp.dk/morgenavisen/indblik/article631124.ece. Retrieved 28 June 2011. 
  18. ^ "Ethiopia: Danish foreign minister arrives in Addis Ababa". BBC Monitoring. 24 April 2001. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F97A10911D43AB4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  19. ^ "Ethiopia Signs Air Service Agreement with 11 Countries". 4 November 2011. http://www.2merkato.com/20111104531/ethiopia-signs-air-service-agreement-with-11-countries. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  20. ^ UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION: Report from Denmark. April 2000. http://www.unccd.int/cop/reports/developed/2000/denmark-eng.pdf. Retrieved 24 June 2011. 
  21. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. "Bekendtgørelse om overenskomst af 20. november 1992 med Etiopien om dansk overgangsbistand til genopbygning af landet" (in Danish). Retsinformation. https://www.retsinformation.dk/forms/R0710.aspx?id=70436. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  22. ^ "Vagthund: Bistand til Etiopien bruges til at undertrykke oppositionen". Ulandsnyt. http://www.u-landsnyt.dk/nyhed/21-10-10/vagthund-bistand-til-etiopien-bruges-til-undertryk. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  23. ^ "Danidas årsberetning 2009" (in Danish). http://www.netpublikationer.dk/um/10361/html/chapter07.htm. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  24. ^ "Danmark sender yderligere nødhjælp til hungersnøden på Afrikas Horn". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. 4 August 2011. http://um.dk/da/nyheder-fra-udenrigsministeriet/newsdisplaypage/?newsID=FC1C3840-12EF-49A9-A9EA-11159C283B67. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 

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