Resumption of diplomatic relations between Somalia and Ethiopia

reportMehr news agency, citing US News, Ethiopia and Somalia announced: they will revive and strengthen their bilateral and diplomatic relations .

Ethiopia and Somalia announced in a joint statement that according to the agreement of the two countries, their bilateral relations through relations Diplomatic activities resume in their capitals.

This agreement follows the visit of the President of Somalia to Addis Ababa on Saturday as part of the peace agreement between the two countries. It was concluded to end the tensions between these two countries.

The relationship between the two countries was strained last January after Ethiopia signed an agreement on access to the sea with Somaliland, a breakaway region from Somalia, signed to lease 20 kilometers of its coast, thereby gaining access to the sea.

After that, the Ethiopian ambassador was expelled from Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, and the two countries severed diplomatic relations. .

Early last December, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia and the President of Somalia finally reached an agreement to end this The crisis was achieved.