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After signing peace declarations, Eritrea reopens embassy in Ethiopian
capital Addis Ababa
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July 19, 2018
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On Monday, Eritrea reopened their embassy in the Ethiopian capital Addis
Ababa just a week after both the countries signed a declaration of the
end of the two-decade-long conflict between the countries.

71-year-old Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki raised the Eritrean flag
in Addis Ababa and Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed handed Afwerki
the keys for the embassy. Abiy said, "Both nations have chosen peace as
opposed to war [...] We won't allow anyone to stop this from happening."

A former province of Ethiopia, Eritrea voted in favour of a sovereign
state and declared independence in 1993. The Eritrean embassy in
Ethiopia was shut down in 1998 and, per reports, about 80 thousand were
killed in the border conflict between the two nations from 1998 to 2000.

The Ethiopian Prime Minister visited Eritrea earlier this month and on
July 9, leaders of both countries signed a declaration of the end of the
conflict in Eritrean capital Asmara. After announcing the end of the
conflict, telephone lines were set up between the two countries and on
Wednesday, Ethiopian Airlines flew the first direct plane between
Ethiopia and Eritrea in twenty years. Chief Executive of the airlines
Tewolde Gebre Mariam said, "This day marks a unique event in the history
of Ethiopia and Eritrea".

== Sources == 

* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/07/direct-ethiopia-eritrea-flight-20-years-takes-180718073307105.html
* https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/16/africa/eritrea-reopen-embassy-ethiopia/index.html
* http://www.france24.com/en/20180716-abiy-afwerki-eritrea-reopens-embassy-ethiopia
* https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/eritrea-reopens-embassy-in-ethiopia/4484774.html
* https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/07/eritrea-reopens-embassy-ethiopia-thaw-relations-180716065621148.html



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