FILE - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali speaks during a panel session at the 49th annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, Jan. 23, 2019, in Davos, Switzerland. Landlocked Ethiopia took the first steps toward gaining access to the sea on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, signing an agreement in its capital Addis Ababa with the breakaway Somali region of Somaliland to access the Somaliland coastline. The memorandum of understanding was signed by Ahmed Ali and Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi. The memorandum of understanding was signed by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali and Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi. Somaliland President Abdi said the agreement included a statement that Ethiopia would recognize Somaliland as an independent country in the near future.

Source: Ethiopian News January 01, 2024 22:03 UTC