In a statement issued on Friday, the council is demanding Abiy Ahmed’s government to withdraw from the Samoa agreement which was signed on November 15, 2023 in Samoa. The Council said that the agreement has been studied by experts and that it has been investigating it. “Examination of the agreement indicates that it contains points and issues that contradict our religious laws and teachings,” the council said. Another problem is that the agreement, which the council understands to be a trade and economic partnership for twenty years, is a binding one. As well, the agreement, according to the council, makes Ethiopia part of other regional and continental agreements that Ethiopia did not sign.
