Newly-appointed Ethiopian ambassador to China, Haile Girogis Brook, presented credentials to Chinese President Yang Shangkun in early April. Ato Brook arrived in Beijing on March 23.

In early March, the newly-appointed Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia, Jin Sen, presented his credentials to President Meles Zenawi.

Ethiopia and the U.S. also exchanged new ambassadors. President Meles Zenawi appointed Berhane Gebre Christos as the new ambassador to U.S. President Bush appointed Mark Baas, the U.S. charge d’affaires in Addis Abeba, as ambassador.