Source: Hiiraan online, Monday January 8, 2024
Asmara (HOL) – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived in Asmara on Monday for a two-day working visit. The president and his delegation were warmly welcomed by President Isaias at Asmara International Airport.
The two presidents are scheduled to have a meeting on the diplomatic relationship between the two countries, as per Somali government officials.
The president’s visit to Asmara comes amid tensions arising from the seaport agreement in Addis Ababa on the first of this month between Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi.
Just a day ago, Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud signed a law nullifying the agreement by the breakaway Somaliland region to grant Ethiopia access to the Red Sea in return for recognition as an independent nation.