Washington asked Ethiopia to respect the territorial integrity of Somalia

according to the report of the international group Tasnim News Agency, this week the Ethiopian government, which is surrounded by land on all sides, with The authorities of the region known as Somaliland, which wants to separate from Somalia, agreed that in exchange for the recognition of this region and the separation from Somalia, a 20-kilometer passage to Ethiopia to access the waters of the Gulf of Aden for 50 years. be given.

This crossing will include a port called Berbera and a military base.

Somalia He considered this agreement against its territorial integrity and national sovereignty and warned Ethiopia about it. In response to these developments, the US State Department asked Addis Ababa to respect the territorial integrity of its southern and eastern neighbors. and has called itself the Republic of Somaliland, however, no country has agreed to recognize it. And the people of Somalia. The Somali government recalled its ambassador from Addis Ababa, and people in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, protested against this agreement.

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