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Cuba–Ethiopia relations
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'''Cuba–Ethiopia relations''' refers to the [[diplomatic relations]] between the [[Cuba|Republic of Cuba]] and the [[Ethiopia|Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia]]. Both nations are members of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] and the [[United Nations]].
==History==
[[File:Tiglachin monument (Addis Ababa).jpg|thumb|right|[[Tiglachin Monument]] memorial to Ethiopian and Cuban soldiers involved in the [[Ogaden War]]]]
Cuba and Ethiopia established diplomatic relations on 18 July 1975, soon after the [[Derg]] obtained power in Ethiopia, [[Haile Selassie|abolished the monarchy]] and embraced communism as an ideology.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2UyIkz5 Cuba y Etiopía fortalecen relaciones bilaterales (in Spanish)]</ref> The Ethiopian Provisional Military Government and Cuba soon established close political relations. In August 1976, both nations opened resident embassies.<ref name=Cuba>[https://ift.tt/2UYaXEI "There is a way when there is a will" Cuba Ambassador]</ref>
In 1977, [[Somalia]] was threatening with invading the [[Ogaden]] region of Ethiopia with the plan to unify the Somali speaking territories of Ethiopia to Somalia. As war seemed likely between the two nations, Cuban President [[Fidel Castro]] paid a visit to both Ethiopia and Somalia in March 1977 to ease tensions between both nations and brought together the leaders of Somalia, Ethiopia and [[South Yemen]] and proposed for them to unify and create a greater socialist federal states in the region. However, it was to no avail.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2USIosu Castro in Ethiopia after Somalia Visit]</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/2yspMrI Fidel Castro Left Mark on Somalia, Horn of Africa]</ref> Four months later, in July 1977, the [[Ogaden War]] began when Somalia invaded Ethiopia.
Fidel Castro felt that the Somali government had turned its back on socialist ideology and decided to support Ethiopia in the war.<ref name=War>[https://ift.tt/2R51I4t Why Ethiopia will be forever indebted to Fidel Castro]</ref> Soon after the start of the war, Cuba sent over 15,000 soldiers to the Ogaden region.<ref name=War /> Their presence, along with Soviet troops and equipment, led to an Ethiopian victory in the war in 1978. In 1989, Ethiopia and Somalia signed a deal recognizing each other's territorial limits and the last Cuban soldiers withdrew from the region, some twelve years after they first arrived.<ref name=War /> In 1984, the [[Tiglachin Monument]] was inaugurated as a memorial in [[Addis Ababa]] to the Ethiopian and Cuban soldiers involved in the Ogaden War.
Since the end of Cuban military involvement in Ethiopia; relations between nations have remained close. The Cuban government has maintained annually an allocation of scholarships to Ethiopian students to study in Cuba, in different specialties. More than 5,000 Ethiopian students have graduated from Cuban universities since the 1970s.<ref name=Cuba /> Each year, the Cuban government also sends doctors to assist in providing services in health institutions in Addis Ababa and [[Jimma]].<ref name=Cuba />
Throughout the years, there have been numerous visits between leaders of both nations. In January 2018, Ethiopian President [[Mulatu Teshome]] paid a visit to Cuba. In May 2019, Cuban Vice-President [[Salvador Valdés Mesa]] paid a visit to Ethiopia.<ref name=Cuba /> In 2020, both nations will celebrate 45 years of diplomatic relations.<ref>[https://ift.tt/39xMrQ5 Celebra Embajada de Cuba en Etiopía 6q Aniversario del Triunfo de la Revolución (in Spanish)]</ref>
==Resident diplomatic missions==
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Addis Ababa]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/2R0RnGD Embassy of Cuba in Addis Ababa]</ref>
* Ethiopia has an embassy in [[Havana]].
==See also==
* [[Eritrean War of Independence]]
* [[Ethiopian Civil War]]
== References ==
[[Category:Bilateral relations of Cuba|Ethiopia]]
[[Category:Bilateral relations of Ethiopia|Cuba]]
April 02, 2020 at 01:18PM
