[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 24, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H7094-H7095]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                ABIY AHMED ALI REVIVES ETHIOPIAN REFORMS

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, Ethiopian Prime Minister 
Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali has made positive changes in the country since his 
April inauguration. Prime Minister Ali has released thousands of 
political prisoners and ended a state of emergency.
  Critically, Dr. Abiy has stated that Ethiopia will fully comply with 
the Algiers Agreement, the peace agreement signed for the formal end of 
the war of 12 years between Ethiopia and Eritrea, which, gruesomely, 
has killed more than 100,000 people.
  Prime Minister Abiy's leadership and initiative to personally visit 
with the Eritrean leadership and offer direct airline routes has melted 
away a nearly 18-year cold war between the two states.
  The United States will continue to support Prime Minister Abiy's 
diplomatic outreach and reform, which will

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also contribute to regional stability. New hope and opportunity with 
free market reforms are now available to the people of Ethiopia.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.
  Welcome, Pastor John Hagee and Christians United for Israel, to 
Washington, addressed last night by Ambassador Nikki Haley.

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