{"id":774,"date":"2025-12-11T11:45:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T11:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/?p=774"},"modified":"2025-12-11T11:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T11:45:04","slug":"ethiopia-and-uae-agree-to-forge-media-alliance-at-bridge-summit-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/ethiopia-and-uae-agree-to-forge-media-alliance-at-bridge-summit-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia and UAE Agree to Forge Media Alliance at Bridge Summit 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a><\/a>AMN Plus -December 11\/2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jemal Beker Abdula(PhD), Ethiopia\u2019s ambassador to the UAE, held high-level talks with Jammal Mohammed Al Kaabi(PhD) Director General of the UAE National Media Office, on the sidelines of the Bridge Summit in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two leaders explored innovative pathways to cement the already excellent bilateral relations through strategic media cooperation and strengthened people-to-people connections. Recognising the transformative power of storytelling in shaping global perceptions, they committed to positioning Ethiopia and the UAE as leading voices of their respective regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jammal Al Kaabi praised Ethiopia as a natural strategic partner for the UAE and expressed the commitment on his side for intiateives such as joint content creation, journalist exchange programmes, co-production of documentaries showcasing Ethiopia\u2019s and the UAE\u2019s aspiration of prosperous and and peaceful globe in shaping tomorrow\u2019s narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambassador Jemal Beker(PhD), for his part, hailed the UAE\u2019s world-class media ecosystem and expressed Ethiopia\u2019s eagerness to harness this expertise to showcase its booming investment climate, cultural richness, and leadership in green development to global audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both sides agreed to immediately establish a Joint Media Coordination Team that will fast-track flagship initiatives, including Mutual broadcasting partnerships with Ethiopian Media\u2019s, and Training programmes for Ethiopian journalists in the UAE\u2019s state-of-the-art media complexes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the bilateral meeting, Jemal Beker, toured the massive Bridge Summit exhibition halls, engaging directly with global media CEOs, digital platform owners, and influential personalities. Among the high-profile encounters was a warm exchange with football legend and FIFA Chief of Global Football Development Ars\u00e8ne Wenger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This dynamic diplomatic engagement at the Bridge Summit underscores Ethiopia\u2019s momentum as a magnet for partnership, investment and global attention, while cementing the UAE as one of Ethiopia\u2019s most strategic in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : Ethiopian Embassy to UAE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMN Plus -December 11\/2025 Jemal Beker Abdula(PhD), Ethiopia\u2019s ambassador to the UAE, held high-level talks with Jammal Mohammed Al Kaabi(PhD) Director General of the UAE National Media Office, on the sidelines of the Bridge Summit in Abu Dhabi. The two leaders explored innovative pathways to cement the already excellent bilateral relations through strategic media cooperation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diplomacy","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":776,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions\/776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}