Ethiopia and Somalia have agreed to negotiations aimed at resolving their bitter dispute over the breakaway Somaliland region and landlocked Ethiopia’s push for sea access, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has announced.
The Turkish presidency said Erdo?an held bilateral meetings with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, whose governments will start “technical negotiations in good faith” by February.
“By overcoming some of the resentments and misunderstandings together, we have taken the first step towards a new beginning based on peace and co-operation between Somalia and Ethiopia,” Erdo?an said.