(Parliament News): June 3, 2022: Addis Ababa: Speaker of House of Peoples' Representatives of the FDRE, Honorable Tagesse Chaffo expressed his gratitude for the Dutch Multi-Party Democracy Institute (NIMD) for its continued support to the Ethiopian Parliament.

Honorable Speaker Tagesse Chaffo and the Institute's Chief Executive Officer, Thijs Berman along with his delegation discussed about the emerging multi-party parliamentary democracy in Ethiopia.

In the discussion, the Speaker recalled that the institute has been working so hard for the last three years to ensure dialogue among various political parties in the country and create better rapprochement. He also praised the great lengths of steps taken by the institute to support Ethiopia's parliamentary democracy on behalf of the Parliament and of course, on behalf of himself.

Honorable Speaker Tagesse Chaffo and other members of the delegation led by Mr. Berman discussed ways to further strengthen the relationship between the Ethiopian Parliament and the institution.

Mr Berman, for his part, shared the experience of democracy in the Netherlands.

He also appreciated the multi-party parliamentary democracy that has been launched in Ethiopia and is underway.

Headquartered in Hague, the Netherlands, NIMD was established in the year 2000.

It was formed by a coalition of seven different political parties. The institute commenced its activities in Ethiopia since 2016 and from then onwards, it's been working to establish a peaceful, fair and inclusive political system as per its main objective.

Translated by Asrat Addisu