{"id":358349,"date":"2021-05-25T14:36:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T18:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?p=358349"},"modified":"2021-05-25T16:49:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T20:49:06","slug":"visa-restrictions-imposed-by-the-us-on-ethiopian-officials-will-have-a-spillover-effect-on-its-relations-with-africa-ambassador-dina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/358349","title":{"rendered":"Visa restrictions imposed by the US on Ethiopian officials will have negative effect on its relations with Africa &#8211; Ambassador Dina (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spokesperson of Ethiopia\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Dina Mufti said the visa restrictions the United States government imposed on Ethiopian officials will have a negative effect on Africa and endangers its policy interests in the continent.<\/p>\n<p>The decision may bring about a zero sum game situation to the long standing relationships between the two countries that has lasted for 120 years, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Dina said the visa restriction may jeopardize the horn African region besides potential pressures it may cause to Ethiopia calling decision &#8216;groundless and unacceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson also dismissed reports that Ethiopia had used chemical weapons in Tigray as groundless and a mere false accusation to fuel the situation. Video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"462\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FhropfloICU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spokesperson of Ethiopia\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Dina Mufti said the visa restrictions the United States government imposed on Ethiopian officials will have a negative effect on Africa and endangers its policy interests in the continent. The decision may bring about a zero sum game situation to the long standing relationships between the two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":269,"featured_media":358350,"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-358349","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\/2021\/05\/Dina-12.jpg?fit=290%2C174&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1vdP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358349","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\/269"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358349"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":358368,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358349\/revisions\/358368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}