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Somalia, Ethiopia agree to work together to resolve Somaliland port dispute

BY REUTERS Somalia and Ethiopia said they would work together to resolve a dispute over Addis Ababa’s plan to build a port in the breakaway region of Somaliland, which had drawn in regional powers and threatened to further destabilise the Horn of Africa. The two countries’ leaders said they had agreed to find commercial arrangements to allow landlocked Ethiopia “reliable, secure and sustainable access to and from the sea” after talks on Wednesday mediated by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. The meeting was their first since January when Ethiopia said it would lease a port in Somalia’s breakaway northern region of Somaliland in exchange for recognising the area’s independence. Mogadishu rejected the deal and threatened to expel Ethiopian troops who were […] The post Somalia, Ethiopia agree to work together to resolve Somaliland port dispute first appeared on 93.3 KFM.

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