US EditionEthiopian PM Welcomes PM Modi, Personally Drives Him to Hotel
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed Ali personally drove PM Modi to his hotel and made unscheduled stops to showcase local culture during the visit to boost India-Ethiopia cooperation.
- On Tuesday, December 16, 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Addis Ababa and was personally welcomed by Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali at Addis Ababa International Airport during the second leg of his four-day, three-nation tour.
- The two-day state visit aims to deepen cooperation across trade, agriculture, education and technology, with Modi addressing a Joint Session of the Ethiopian Parliament and meeting the Indian diaspora.
- En route to the hotel, Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali made unscheduled stops at the Science Museum and Friendship Park, briefing Modi on Ethiopian coffee varieties.
- India and Ethiopia signed memorandums of understanding at the Ethiopian National Palace in Modi's presence, and officials said the agreements will boost trade and investment and development partnership.
- Similar gestures surfaced in Jordan, where Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II drove Modi to the Jordan Museum in Amman, highlighting `car diplomacy` recently noted on the three-nation tour.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Ethiopia on Tuesday for a two-day visit. Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed personally received PM Modi from the Addis Ababa airport and drove him to his hotel.
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Upon his arrival, the Prime Minister was warmly welcomed by his Ethiopian counterpart, Abiy Ahmed Ali, who personally met him at the airport and escorted him to the hotel. Prime Minister Ahmed Ali is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
"Car diplomacy" was the talk of the town during Prime Minister Modi's first visit to Ethiopia. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed personally drove PM Modi from the airport to his hotel and took him on a tour of the Science Museum.
PM Modi arrives in Ethiopia, PM Abiy Ali drives him to hotel in special gesture
On the way, Ethiopian PM took a special initiative of taking PM Modi to the Science Museum and Friendship Park, which was not in the itinerary. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning Ethiopian PM's special gestures show remarkable respect for the PM Modi.
After Jordan King, Ethiopian PM drives PM Modi in his car in special gesture
After Jordan, Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed personally received PM Modi at Addis Ababa airport on Tuesday, drove him to his hotel, and made an unscheduled stop at the Science Museum and Friendship Park.
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