Turkey and Ethiopia signed a memorandum of understanding on energy cooperation during President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Addis Ababa, Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has announced.
Erdoğan paid a one-day visit to Addis Ababa on Tuesday upon the invitation of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, his first to Ethiopia in 11 years.
In a post on X, Bayraktar said he attended interdelegation talks chaired by Erdoğan and Abiy.
Addis Ababa ziyareti kapsamında Cumhurbaşkanımız Sayın @RTErdogan ile Etiyopya Başbakanı Sayın Abiy Ahmed Ali’nin başkanlığında gerçekleşen heyetler arası görüşmeye katıldık.
Görüşmeler kapsamında Etiyopya Su ve Enerji Bakanı Sn. Habtamu Itefa ile Enerji Alanında İşbirliğine… pic.twitter.com/DYTe02ZSwW
— Alparslan Bayraktar (@aBayraktar1) February 17, 2026
As part of the visit, Bayraktar and Ethiopian Minister of Water and Energy Habtamu Itefa signed the memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of energy.
The agreement, according to the minister, aims to strengthen experience-sharing and develop concrete projects across a broad range of areas, including electricity generation, grid infrastructure, renewable energy investments and hydroelectric infrastructure.
The two sides also agreed on a comprehensive roadmap to deepen existing cooperation and identify new partnership areas spanning energy and mining, education, health, transportation and agriculture, as well as environment, urban planning, culture and tourism, the minister said.
Turkey has close ties with Ethiopia. In 2024 Ankara helped mediate a dispute between Ethiopia and Somalia over Addis Ababa’s plan to build a port in the breakaway region of Somaliland.