MOGADISHU, Somalia – Leaders of the Intergovernmental Authority on Improvement (Igad) have referred to as for a de-escalation of tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia.
The assembly, chaired by Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti and Chairman of the Igad Heads of State and Authorities, reviewed the evolving state of affairs in Sudan and the diplomatic row between Ethiopia and Somalia.
The assembly was attended by presidents William Ruto of Kenya, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia, Salva Kiir of South Sudan and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda.
The chief of Sudan’s paramilitary Speedy Help Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Daglo aka Hemedti, and representatives of key worldwide actors together with the African Union, the United Nations, the League of Arab States, the European Union and the USA, have been additionally current.
In an announcement issued on Thursday from the forty second Extraordinary Meeting of Igad Heads of State in Uganda, the presidents urged the 2 nations to have interaction in constructive dialogue.
“We’re deeply involved by the current developments concerning the connection between the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Federal Republic of Somalia and we name on Ethiopia and Somalia to de-escalate tensions and as a substitute have interaction in a constructive dialogue,” the assertion mentioned.
The Meeting reiterated its unwavering dedication to the ideas of respect for the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
The leaders careworn that any diplomatic engagement have to be in accordance with these cardinal ideas and that any settlement or association should have the specific consent of Somalia.
Tensions have risen after landlocked Ethiopia signed an settlement with breakaway Somaliland on January 1 to offer it entry to the Rea Sea. In return, Somaliland expects Ethiopia to quickly recognise the area as an impartial state, angering Somalia.
Somaliland declared its independence from Somalia in 1991, a transfer not recognised by Mogadishu or the worldwide neighborhood.
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