"We are now looking for constructive and meaningful engagements toward an IMF programme for Ethiopia," she said, as the east African country seeks an IMF loan after an African Union-backed ceasefire.

Africa's second most populous country requested a debt restructuring under the Group of 20's Common Framework process in early 2021, but progress was held up by a two-year civil war in the Tigray region.

The IMF requires debt relief commitments from a country's bilateral creditors before it agrees to a loan programme.

Ethiopia's government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), a guerilla force-turned-political party, agreed on Nov. 2 to stop fighting following talks.

(Reporting by Kigali Newsroom; Writing by James Macharia Chege; Editing by Estelle Shirbon)