Somalia, Eritrea Restore Diplomatic Ties

[Waachis]

Somalia, Eritrea Restore Diplomatic Ties

By Abdulaziz Osman

VOA

https://www.voanews.com/a/sonalia-eritr ... 04156.html

Somalia and Eritrean leaders agreed Saturday to resume their diplomatic ties and open embassies in their capitals.

The decision was made during a summit in Asmara, Eritrea, where Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo began a historic three-day visit Saturday. The two nations have not had diplomatic ties for nearly 15 years.

Speaking to VOA Somali, Somalia Information Minister Dahir Mohamed Geelle said, "You will see Eritrean and Somali ambassadors in both capitals very, very soon."

He said the leaders also discussed regional security and changing relations among Horn of Africa countries.The region is of importance to the wealthy nations just across the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, who are interested in a strategic foothold in East Africa through its very busy shipping lanes.

The leaders are scheduled to continue tallks Sunday.

Stabilizing the Horn

Farmajo's visit comes after longtime rivals Eritrea and Ethiopia restored diplomatic ties. The two nations have a long and complicated history, which has had a destabilizing influence on the Horn of Africa.

One point of contention has been Ethiopia's military presence in Somalia. Backed by the West, the country's military is supporting the Somali government fight against al-Shabab militants. Eritrea has criticized this intervention, claiming that Ethiopia's presence in Somalia is doing more harm than good.

Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of supporting the terrorists. Over the years, this proxy war between the two countries has had the potential to spark regional conflict.

The conflict between the two nations also spilled over into neighboring Djibouti. One of Ethiopia's main economic allies, Djibouti has been engaged in a war with Eritrea over a border area claimed by both countries.

Ultimately, the prospect of peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea may have a calming effect on the Horn. If stability is achieved, Ethiopia, a country with an estimated population of over 100 million, could realize its potential as a regional economic and military power. This could, in turn, transform the region into a united economic powerhouse.

[MarsinQorahay]

What diplomatic ties did somalia and eritrea have? Somalia's last government was overthrown in 1991 and eritrea got its independence in 1993.

Ethiopia was using somalia against eritrea, saying isayas was supporting al shabaab.

[AwRastaale]

Somalia never had any ties with Eritrea. TPLF used Somalia to isolate Eritrea via Monitoring Group. Now that Ethiopia and UAE need to trade with Eritrea, they need the sanction lifted so the UN Security Council doesn’t accuse them of being non-law bidding players.

So once again Somalia is needed to be used.

Expect the sanctions to be lifted soon and Somalia will never be remembered again until UAE and Addis need her again.

This is UAE mastermind.

[Khalid Ali]

The xamasien dictator supported shabaab maxakiim.jihadist salafist and now he restored ties with whom exactly amisom filthy orthodox Christian mothefucker needs to be killed . It makes nonsense

[Advo]

Isaias Afwerki and the whole Eritrean struggle to gain independence was made possible by Somalia during it's heyday, we might not have seen the young nation take it's first breath but we sparked the flame of it's existence. Good to see the fruits of our labor has paid off, now we can work together to tackle challenges that face the region.

[Khalid Ali]

Eritrean struggle was hijacked by the masiixi dictator isyas afowoqri is xamsien . Xamasien are extreme orthodox Christian they put cross stamp on their forehead.. they are caduwalllah . When xamid.idris awate when Ibrahim sultan when Muslim league was formed xamasien we're given blow jobs to king haille selassie..they are ignoble people the lowest of the lowest scum and they hate detest islam and Muslims and Somalis nacala abuuhukun wa umukum ibn zina. I .fucked many of their girls in Sweden London Amsterdam dusseldorf.
They mistake me for xabashi all the time. Any way afeworqi is bad news he raped Eritrea the past 30 years
He put allot of beja tigre jebha mujahids in jail all Muslim Eritrean are in east sudan

[original dervish]

It's in our interest to have good relations with Eritrea......so f**k off back to your iidoor marfish.

[Khalid Ali]

Qurjile who is we you as qurjile as darood as xaarti as ugaadhyayahan or us buqland. Failmaajo lives inside an ugandan tank are the Eritreans opening an office inside an Ugandan tank. This crazy and madness