ADDIS -ABABA (Halbeeg News) – Somalia and Ethiopia have formed a joint committee to work on boosting relations of the nations months after the two countries agreed to abolish trade barriers as part of an effort to create a single market in the Horn of Africa region.
Senator Ayub Ismail Yussuf, a member of House Committee on Foreign Affairs said the joint committee will be tasked to establish a long-term cooperative relationship.
“Somalia and #Ethiopia formed, for the first time, a Joint Committee in cooperation to establish a long-term cooperative relationship based on mutual respect and good-neighborliness, as well as the preservation of the sovereignty & unity,” Mr. Yussuf said in a Twitter post.
#Somalia and #Ethiopia formed,for the first time, a Joint Committee in cooperation to establish a long-term cooperative relationship based on mutual respect and good-neighborliness, as well as the preservation of the sovereignty & unity.#AddisAbaba @MofaSomalia @TheVillaSomalia pic.twitter.com/CtKPVyf6Cl
— Ayub Ismail Yusuf MP (@AyubIsmailYusuf) August 31, 2018
The development comes barely two months after two leaders of Somali and Ethiopia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and Abiye respectively agreed on the joint investment in four key seaports between the two countries.
They also agreed on the construction of the main road networks and arteries that would link Somalia to mainland Ethiopia.
Ethiopia has more than 4,200 troops who are officially serving as part of the African Union Mission in Somalia.
In addition, several thousand Ethiopian troops operate in various parts of Somalia outside the AMISOM mandate but under a bilateral agreement with Somalia.
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