The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) is to construct an eight-storey building on the 500Sqm plot behind the current headquarters located off Menelik Avenue. The Ministry also intends to construct a conference hall with a capacity to seat 250 -300 people. Expenditure for the erection of these structures - to be managed by the Ministry of Works and Urban Development (MoWUD) using low-cost construction materials - is expected to be 16 million Br.
"The building is designed in a manner that reflects Ethiopian architectural masterpieces, like the Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela, the Axum Obelisks, the wall of Harar town and the Castle of Fassiladas," Hailemeskel Teferra, head of Government Buildings Construction Project Office with MoWUD told Fortune.
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