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To Mr. Zemedeneh Negatu @Zemedeneh, Your interview on Gazette Plus is deeply misleading and compelled me to respond. I normally don’t respond to armchair theorists, but I thought you were better informed than that. Indeed, You are free to please a narrative. I am equally free to challenge misinformation. With all due respect, claiming that 🇩🇯’s #ports are « expensive and inefficient » is not serious economics, it is simply a convenient talking point detached from facts. After Ethiopia lost direct access to the sea, Djibouti did not merely provide an alternative. Djibouti built the entire logistics backbone that enabled #Ethiopia’s #economic #transformation. More importantly, how can anyone credibly argue that Djibouti’s port investments are « insufficient »or « inappropriate »when over $10 billion has been invested in world-class infrastructure, including: • Deep-sea ports • Specialized terminals • An electrified railway • Integrated logistics corridors This is not inefficiency. This is strategic infrastructures built at scale and serving not only Ethiopia, but global trade and regional integration. Let me be absolutely clear: Without Djibouti, Ethiopia’s transformation at this scale would not have been possible. Djibouti has been an indispensable pillar of Ethiopia’s industrialization journey. As for the recurring narrative about the « billions paid to Djibouti». I welcome a transparent, fact-based debate with open books and verifiable data. Be my guest. I speak not from theory, but from direct involvement as one of the contributors and witnesses to this exceptional 🇩🇯🇪🇹 partnership journey. And also a great friend and lover of Ethiopia. You may well find that an apology to Djibouti is in order. Djibouti is not a burden. Djibouti is and has been a #strategic #multiplier for Ethiopia. It is time to move beyond misleading narratives and return to facts.

🚨 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐀 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐲 @AbiyAhmedAli 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐊𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐞, 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐚 𝐒𝐢𝐬𝐨 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚, 𝐀𝐦𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝟏𝟔 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝟏𝟎 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚, 𝐀𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐟𝐚𝐲𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐚𝐛𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞. ⚠️Warning: Graphic Content⚠️

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