Ethiopia’s Ambassador Mahlet Presents Her Credentials to Pope Francis

Addis Ababa, June 9/2024(ENA)- Ambassador Mahlet Hailu has presented her letters of Credence to His Holiness Pope Francis, accrediting her as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia to the Holy See, with residence in France at the Pontifical audience that took place on Saturday at Clementine Hall.

 

During the ceremony, His Holiness said the noble work of diplomacy, on both the bilateral and multilateral levels, aims to promote and enhance such values, for they are indispensable to each person’s authentic and integral human development, as well as to the progress of all peoples. 

In this perspective, Pope Francis encourages the efforts of ambassadors to foster the common good, protect the fundamental rights and dignity of all and strive to build a culture of fraternal solidarity and cooperation.

He also stressed the need for building bridges between peoples, not walls as lofty responsibilities for diplomats and for having a common ground, mutual understanding and concrete expressions of social friendship are all possible.