Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed Ali Honored With 'Nobel Peace Prize'

New Delhi, October 11, 2019:

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali has been conferred the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

In the latest tweet by the Twitter handle of the Nobel Prize, it was mentioned that Abiy Ahmed Ali won the award for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation and for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea.

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The official tweet read, “In Ethiopia, even if much work remains, Peace Laureate Abiy Ahmed has initiated important reforms that give many citizens hope for a better life and a brighter future. As Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed has sought to promote reconciliation, solidarity, and social justice.”

As per the Nobel Peace Prize website, the prize is meant to recognize all the stakeholders working for peace and reconciliation in Ethiopia and in the East and Northeast African regions. The website stated, “When Abiy Ahmed became Prime Minister on April 2018, he made it clear that he wished to resume peace talks with Eritrea. In close cooperation with Isaias Afwerki, the President of Eritrea, Abiy Ahmed quickly worked out the principles of a peace agreement to end the long no peace, no war stalemate between the two countries.”

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