Ethiopia PM receives Eritrean delegation, says 'visit is foundation for brighter future'
The visit comes after Ethiopia said it would fully accept the Algiers Agreement and decision of the Ethio-Eritrea Boundary Commission (EEBC), which awarded the disputed town of Badme to Eritrea.
Eritrea welcomes Ethiopia’s peace offer
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki said last week he welcomed what he called Ethiopia’s "positive messages” and decided to send his first official delegation to the government in Addis Ababa in two decades.
Eritrea fought a border war with its larger neighbour that killed about 80,000 people, but both sides remain at odds over the status of the frontier town of Badme. The border has remained militarised ever since.
Eritrea and Ethiopia broke off diplomatic relations two decades ago, although Asmara has a permanent delegation in Addis Ababa representing it at the African Union, whose headquarters are in the Ethiopian capital.
No Eritrean representatives have been part of an official visit for talks with the Ethiopian government since at least 1998.
Ethiopia PM receives Eritrean delegation, says 'visit is foundation for brighter future'
Ethiopia PM receives Eritrean delegation, says 'visit is foundation for brighter future'