ASMARA (Halbeeg News) – Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has held a meeting with his Eritrean counterpart in the Eritrean capital, Asmara.
In a statement, Eritrean Information Minister Yemane Meskel said two leaders discussed wide range issues affecting both sides.
Among the issues discussed is bilateral relations between the two countries and security of to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
“In their meeting at State House today, the two Presidents discussed status & progress of Eritrea-Somalia ties of cooperation and partnership as well as vital matters pertaining to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden,” he said.
The two Horn of Africa nations restored all brotherly and diplomatic ties last year in what was an offshoot of the Ethiopia-Eritrea peace deal of July 2018.
Farmaajo has been to Asmara a number of times since the restoration of ties.
Aside from the trip where ties were normalized, he also joined a tripartite summit which involved the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
The trio met again in Ethiopia in continuing with the tripartite arrangement that was meant at greater regional and economic integration.
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