泽纳维本人也在外交舞台上长袖善舞，特别是在气候变化问题上，最近，他还积极地为斡旋苏丹和新独立的（富油的）南苏丹之间边境和自然资源之争奔走。
Meles himself became a major diplomatic player, particularly over climate-change policy, and most recently was active in mediating border and natural-resource disputes between Sudan and the newly independent (and oil-rich) South Sudan.