A police officer walks past the flags of Ethiopia and Eritrea ahead of
Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki's visit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on
July 13, 2018. PHOTO | REUTERS
Ethiopia has appointed its first ambassador to Eritrea in two
decades in the latest sign of rapprochement after a border war, the
state-affiliated Fana news agency said on Thursday.
An
online report from Fana said Redwan Hussien, formerly Ethiopian
ambassador to Ireland, had become Addis Ababa’s representative in
Asmara.
Since signing an agreement in Asmara on July 9
to restore ties, Eritrean and Ethiopian leaders have moved swiftly to
sweep away two decades of hostility since conflict erupted between the
two neighbours in the Horn of Africa in 1998.
The
rapprochement was triggered by the coming into office of Ethiopia’s
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in April who announced he wanted to implement a
peace deal that ended the war.
Both leaders have visited each other and Eritrea’s Isaias Afeworki this week reopened his country’s embassy in Addis Ababa.
Ethiopia’s
national carrier Ethiopia Airlines on Wednesday made its first flight
to Asmara in two decades and was greeted by dancers waving flags and
flowers as families separated by the war and the ensuing hostilities
made an emotional reunion.
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