In June, 2017 ROSATOM and the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the peaceful use of atomic energy.

On April 15, 2019 in Sochi Alexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM, and Getahun Mekuria Kuma, Minister of Innovation and Technology of Ethiopia, signed a roadmap for establishment of cooperation with regard to construction of a nuclear power plant (NPP) and the Center for Nuclear Science and Technology (CNST).

On October 23, 2019 in Sochi Russia and Ethiopia signed an Intergovernmental Framework Agreement on Cooperation in the Peaceful Use of Atomic Energy on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa Economic Forum.

On April 15, 2021 in Moscow ROSATOM and the Ministry of Innovation and Technology of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia signed two memoranda of understanding: on education and training of the personnel for nuclear power engineering in Ethiopia and on formation of the positive public opinion on atomic energy in the country.