Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh, who is visiting Ethiopia, witnessed On Friday the signing of extradition agreement between the two countries along with Prime Minister of Ethiopia Hailemariam Desalegn. The agreement signed this morning will allow one country to handover a person the other country considered as criminal or terrorist. “The two country’s integration is exemplary to other African countries,” he said indicating that Ethiopia and Djibouti are connected by railroad, road, fiber-optics, electricity, among others. We either live or die together, he said, indicating that Ethiopia relies on the port of Djibouti while Djibouti depends mainly on the income that comes from this port service with water and electric power from Ethiopia. Among the issues the two countries leaders’ have talked about includes the issue of Somalia and South Sudan, according to the joint statement.

Source: News Business Ethiopia March 18, 2017 11:48 UTC