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The presidents of Eritrea and Somalia signed an agreement to restore relations to their country after years of animosity.
Yemane Meskel, Eritrea's Minister of Information, shared a joint statement on Twitter as President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed concluded a historic visit of three days in Eritrea. "The two countries will establish diplomatic relations and exchange ambbadadors", reads in a "joint declaration on fraternal relations" signed in Asmara, the capital, by the Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki and Mohamed
After the signature of the Agreement, the Somali president called for the lifting of sanctions against Eritrea, imposed on the alleged support of the country to the armed group of Al-Shabab in Somalia.
"We urge all economic sanctions and embargo the people of Eritrea must be lifted so that the economic integration of the Horn of Africa region can come true," said Mohamed Isaias Afwerki and President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in Asmara, the "Eritrea-Somalia Joint Statement Relations and Global Cooperation"; https://t.co/Zf3dK5yBSg pic.twitter.com/E2WSZcvsPy
– Yemane G. Meskel (@hawelti) July 30, 2018
Matt Bryden, President of Sahan, a think-tank tank covering the Horn of Africa, described the development of Monday as good news.
"Eritrea and Ethiopia have bad relations because of Eritrea's support for groups like Al-Shabab and other opposition groups in Somalia ", said Bryden to Al Jazeera
. "It's a thaw of relations, but it's not as direct or as important as the Ethiopian-Eritrean truce."
This peace agreement was signed earlier. month, when Ethiopia and Eritrea declared their "state of war", ending a decades-long frozen conflict over border disputes that hurt both countries. "19659004" The region was destroyed by ethnic and clan cleavage. "But this time of crisis, conflict and instability is not intrinsically sustainable," he added. "As such, it is nearing its end, we are entering a new phase of transition."
However, Bryden said that it remains to be seen what will actually change as a result of "Eritrea is in a state of virtual isolation for two decades and Somalia is rebuilding after two and a half decades of horrific civil war and is still facing a widespread insurgency by al-Shabab, "he said.
"Neither country is able to help each other."
Bryden believes that the rapprochement between the two countries might be in part an attempt to attract foreign investors. "Part of this is public diplomacy to show the region, among international partners, that the Horn of Africa is more stable Bryden has also raised the issue of political relations that Eritrea, the United States, and the United States. Ethiopia and Somalia have with the Gulf countries
"Eritrea and Ethiopia both have close ties to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Eritrea to UAE military base actively involved in the conflict in Yemen. "
Somalia, on the other hand, has a very bad relationship with the UAE, according to Bryden
" Mogadishu is more closely aligned with Qatar, so we do not know how Somalia is going to walk on this tightrope between these two camps and where it will take Somalia next. "
Ethiopia, which is undergoing light After Ethiopia's peace agreement with Eritrea, its other neighbor and rival Djibouti asked the UN Security Council to UN to help settle a long-standing border dispute has sour relations with Asmara.
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