Tuesday 5 October 2010

An Open Letter to Gennet Zewide, Ethiopian Ambassador to India



September 30, 2010
Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
7/50-G, Satya Marg, Chanakyapuri
New Delhi 110 021 (INDIA)
Tel : 0091-11-26119513 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              0091-11-26119513      end_of_the_skype_highlighting, 26119514, 24675367
E-mail : delethem@yahoo.com
Dear Ambassador Gennet Zewide:
The people of Ethiopia have a question for you and the government of Ethiopia you represent, “Why are you giving away our land to foreigners?”
Recently, during an interview on Indian TV:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsFyIeVD108&feature=related you made an outrageous offer to lease some of the most fertile land in Ethiopia to Indian investors; promising them long-term leases, government perks and land at giveaway prices. You said, “You don’t have to buy the land in Ethiopia because the government gives you the land for an almost negligible lease price for 25 to 50 years, which is then, of course, renewable. There are other government incentives as well.
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