Saturday, July 14, 2018

Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki Visits Ethiopia For The First Time In 20 Years In A Historic Trip



Al Jazeera: Eritrea President Isaias Afwerki in Ethiopia for landmark visit

Isaias Afwerki arrives for three-day visit, as Eritrea and Ethiopia further cement unprecedented thawing of relations.

Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki has arrived in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, for a three-day state visit, as part of an unprecedented softening of tensions between the neighbouring countries.

Saturday's visit by Isaias, his first in 20 years, comes a week after Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed made a landmark visit to Eritrea's capital, Asmara.

"Words cannot express the joy we are feeling now. History is being made as we speak," Isaias said during a lunch hosted by Abiy.

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