MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – A joint delegation from Somalia, Eritrea, and Ethiopia will arrive in Djibouti in the forthcoming hours, sources confirmed.
The leaders of Somalia and Ethiopia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and Abiye Ahmed respectively on Wednesday agreed to initiate a dialogue to resolve the border dispute between Djibouti and Eritrea.
Reports say foreign Ministers from the three horn of Africa nations will visiting the capital city of Djibouti to pave the way for dialogue to resolve one of Africa’s most intractable military stand-offs.
The advance team is expected to hold separate meetings with Djibouti officials to strategise ahead of meeting between the countries, which is expected to take place soon.
Since last July, the Somali government has been carrying out initiatives to normalise the relations between the two horn of Africa nations.
The border row is a product of a colonial times dispute between the French and the Italians which escalated in 2008 when clashes erupted between Eritrean and Djiboutian soldiers.
In 2010, the dispute between these two nation was temporarily solved by a Qatar-mediated deal in 2010, but Djibouti insists that Eritrea allegedly has not returned a number of its soldiers captured during the clashes.
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