As the Ethiopian Ambassador to China, Addis Alem Balema is also the ambassador to Australia and Singapore. According to some sources, Ethiopia's former ambassador to China, Addis Alem Belema, refused to return home, where he had been assigned a new role within the Foundation for the Rehabilitation of Tigray (Effort), a consortium[7][8]
Member of the Democratic Revolutionary Front of the Ethiopian People. Council of Representatives, former representative of the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front in Washington, London and Khartoum Dr. Haile Woldemichael, Council Member
To underscore the importance of its relationship with China, Ethiopia sent its acting and acting Minister of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, Seyoum Mesfin, in early 2011 as its ambassador to Beijing.[9]