Estonia Names First Ambassador to African Union

Courtesy of the Ministry of Foregin Affairs

On Monday, Paul Teesalu presented his credentials to the Commission of the African Union at its headquarters in Addis Abada, Ethopia.

Teesalu, who resides in Cairo, discussed the situation in Mali and the Horn of Africa with the union's chairwoman, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, as well as the prospects for cooperation between the African Union and the EU, according to a statement from the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The African Union is an organization made up of 54 African countries that was created in 2001 as the legal successor of the Organization of African Unity and the African Economic Community.