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The two neighboring countries of northeastern Africa broke off their relations because of a bitter border conflict in the late 1990s.
Messages and borders should be reopened, air links reopened and ports reopened Talks with Eritrean President. Earlier, the two politicians kissed welcoming them to Asmara – a gesture that was unthinkable recently.
Abiy had promised in April in his inaugural speech that he would come to peace with Eritrea. In early June, he announced that he would "fully" implement the decision of an international arbitration commission on the 2002 UN-backed border regime. Ethiopia will withdraw from disputed areas
In late June, an Eritrean delegation arrived for talks in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
Decades of conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea
separated from Ethiopia for three decades and declared independence in 1993. Ethiopia , much larger, thus lost direct access to the Red Sea.
As a result of the conflict, the two countries of the Horn of Africa clashed between 1998 and 2000, killing about 80,000 people. In the December 2000 ceasefire agreement, they agreed that the 1,000-kilometer-wide border be determined by an international commission.
However, tensions between the two countries continued because of Ethiopia's refusal to accept the 2002 prize. There were numerous skirmishes in which several hundred people were killed over the years. (SDA)
Posted on 09.07.2018 | Updated at 10:47
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