On this occasion, Commissioner Mimica said: "The European Union is committed to support Eritrea and Ethiopia in delivering their historic peace agreement, which ended twenty years of conflict. BackgroundIn July last year, Eritrea and Ethiopia signed an historic peace agreement ending 20 years of conflict. One of the commitments of the peace agreement is that ‘transport, trade and communications links between the two countries will resume'. To achieve this requires rehabilitating the main arterial roads between the Ethiopian border and the Eritrean port of Massawa, which is the focus of this road project. For more informationAfrica-Europe Alliance for sustainable investment and jobsProgress factsheet – Africa-Europe Alliance for sustainable investment and jobsDelegation of the European Union to Eritrea

Source: Ethiopian News February 08, 2019 11:15 UTC