Ethiopia and Somalia scratched the ground before the AU meeting Somalia denounced what it called, "an attempt to humiliate it by the go...
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Ethiopia and Somalia scratched the ground before the AU meeting
Somalia denounced what it called, "an attempt to humiliate it by the government of Ethiopia," where even its security forces sought to stop the President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mahmud, from entering the Assembly of Nations. Africa in Addis Ababa, according to a statement from the Somali government yesterday.
"The Federal Government of Somalia strongly condemns the efforts made by the Ethiopian government to disrupt the Somali President's delegation on its way to the 2024 African Union Summit in Addis Ababa," according to the Somali Government News Agency ( SONA).
"This action is against all international diplomatic policies, especially the well-known principles of the African Union. This step is another step on a series of illegal steps, which the Ethiopian government has been taking in the past," according to the statement.
The spokesperson of the Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia, Billene Seynoum, told the AFP news agency that Ethiopia gave a warm welcome to Firmanista Mahmud, and gave him the full honor that is given to the leaders of the countries participating in the meeting.
Right there is a dispute between the two countries, where Somalia accuses Ethiopia of disrespecting its sovereignty, because of an agreement reached on January 1 between Ethiopia and Somaliland, which declared itself as an independent country in 1991, together and asking the world to agree.