{"id":229655,"date":"2018-07-30T16:24:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T20:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?p=229655"},"modified":"2019-02-09T13:56:14","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T18:56:14","slug":"pm-abiy-ahmeds-historic-visit-to-the-united-states-in-pictures-and-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/229655","title":{"rendered":"PM Abiy Ahmed&#8217;s historic visit to the United States &#8211; in pictures and videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Dr Abiy Ahmed, is currently on a working visit in the United States. His first stop was Washington DC on Thursday, July 26.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister&#8217;s agenda item number 1 during his USA visit was completing the reconciliation process to reunite the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC), which has over 50 million followers in Ethiopia and around the world. He succeeded. EOTC has been reunited under one patriarch and one holy synod. <\/p>\n<p>PM Abiy also held discussions with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, as well as heads of the World Bank and International Monetary Funds.<\/p>\n<p>The next biggest top item on the PM&#8217;s agenda for his USA trip is meeting Ethiopians. The following pictures and videos tell the whole story.  <\/p>\n<p>Meeting with Vice President Mike Pence<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DjJnvCyVAAABC5C.jpg?w=780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p>With Tamagn Beyene<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PM-Abiy-Ahmed-and-artist-Tamagn-Beyene.jpg?resize=780%2C516&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"516\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-229676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PM-Abiy-Ahmed-and-artist-Tamagn-Beyene.jpg?w=1195&amp;ssl=1 1195w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PM-Abiy-Ahmed-and-artist-Tamagn-Beyene.jpg?resize=800%2C529&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PM-Abiy-Ahmed-and-artist-Tamagn-Beyene.jpg?resize=768%2C508&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PM-Abiy-Ahmed-and-artist-Tamagn-Beyene.jpg?resize=1024%2C677&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PM-Abiy-Ahmed-and-artist-Tamagn-Beyene.jpg?resize=640%2C423&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With Ethiopian religious leaders<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DjFWhPvU8AAwV48.jpg?w=780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With Professor Alemayehu Gebremariam (Al Mariam) in Los Angeles<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DjSdkk1VAAA4j6B.jpg?w=780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With World Bank President Jim Yong Kim<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DjIZSxSX0AQoZ2e.jpg?w=780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meeting with representatives of Ethiopian political parties<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DjIs6Z9WwAEuogT.jpg:large\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Apologizes to an Ethiopian democracy activist who was kicked out of the Ethiopian embassy in Washington DC by deputy ambassador Reta Alemu<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DjENFZVXcAAGTfb.jpg:large\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With Orthodox Church leaders<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DjGLs9IUwAISzXB.jpg?w=780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser presents Ethiopian Day proclamation to Prime Minister Abiy<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DjOmEFmUYAAg_pm.jpg?w=780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Electrifying moment with artist Tamagn Beyene at the Washington DC Convention Center<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DjOH2OnW4AAuda4.jpg?w=780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With ESAT general manager Abebe Gelaw<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DjS9ai0XcAAzz_C.jpg:large\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With IMF director Christine Lagarde<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DjJMwvuUcAAMwO0.jpg?w=780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With Tsehai Publishers CEO Elias Wondimu and Prof. Al Mariam in Los Angeles<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DjTVdF4U8AAd8nc.jpg:large\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Minneapolis<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DjYps8cXgAAPt2B.jpg?w=780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With Oromo Media Network CEO Jawar Mohammed in Minneapolis<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DjZT915VAAAX9nb.jpg?w=780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Dr Abiy Ahmed, is currently on a working visit in the United States. His first stop was Washington DC on Thursday, July 26. The Prime Minister&#8217;s agenda item number 1 during his USA visit was completing the reconciliation process to reunite the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC), which has over 50 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":229676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PM-Abiy-Ahmed-and-artist-Tamagn-Beyene.jpg?fit=1195%2C790&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-XK7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229655"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229901,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229655\/revisions\/229901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}