Visit comes amidst possible new sanctions by the EU and the US against Russia over its military engagement in Ukraine
In what could be seen as Russia's diplomatic effort to win Africa's favor to its contested military role in eastern Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's is expected to pay a second visit Ethiopia in Mid September, Russian Ambassador to Ethiopia Vsevolod Tkachenko said told state news agency ENA. This would be the second time for Lavrov to visit Ethiopia. PM Lavrov first visited Ethiopia in 2006.
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