Somalia and Ethiopia, the two Horn of Africa neighbours at odds over the breakaway Somaliland region, have agreed on a joint declaration to resolve their dispute, Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said late on Thursday.
Speaking in a joint press conference in Ankara, Erdogan thanked Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for their “historic reconciliation.”
Reuters
Somalia, Ethiopia agree on joint declaration: Turkey's Erdogan
Image: Murat Kula/Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS
Somalia and Ethiopia, the two Horn of Africa neighbours at odds over the breakaway Somaliland region, have agreed on a joint declaration to resolve their dispute, Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said late on Thursday.
Speaking in a joint press conference in Ankara, Erdogan thanked Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for their “historic reconciliation.”
Reuters
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