On August 12, Somalia and Ethiopia began new talks in the Turkish capital Ankara to ease tensions between the two countries over sovereignty issues.
Somalia's Moallim Fiqi and Ethiopia's Taye Atske Selassie arrived in Ankara for separate meetings with their host counterpart Hakan Fidan without meeting each other face to face, according to a Turkish diplomatic source, Anadolu news agency reported.
In a press conference after the meetings, Mr. Fidan recalled “good progress” in reconciliation talks in July, and said that Türkiye has high hopes for future peace talks between the two African neighbors.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also joined diplomatic efforts to mediate between Modigashu and Addis Ababa when he held separate phone calls with his Somali counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed late last week.
Tensions between the two African nations have been simmering since Ethiopia signed a memorandum of understanding with the breakaway region of Somaliland in January on the use of its seaport - something Somalia denounced as a violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The memorandum allows Ethiopia - a landlocked country since Eritrea seceded and declared independence in 1993 - access to the Red Sea through Somaliland, in return for Ethiopia recognizing Somaliland as an independent state.
The talks between Mogadishu and Addis Ababa were originally scheduled for September 2 but were brought forward.
The foreign ministers of Somalia and Ethiopia held their first meeting in Ankara on July 1, mediated by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
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