Eritrea prez in Ethiopia: opening of the dam in Oromia

05/04/2020 World



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May 4: inauguration of the dam in Oromia

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed together with Eritrea’s President Isaias Afewerki today launched an irrigation project located in the regional state of Oromia.

The Batu Dugda irrigation project currently has the capacity to develop 2,000 hectares of land with the potential to develop 15,000 hectares until the completion of its state-run expansion works. FBC reported.

Oromia’s President Shemelis Abdissa and former Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn also attended the ceremony. The two leaders also visited a nursery in Dugda woreda, FBC additional.

Busy first day in Addis

The President of Eritrea had a relatively busy first day on his trip to Ethiopia. According to Information Minister Yemane Meskel, he was received at Bole International Airport by Prime Minister Abiy, after which they discussed the bilateral and regional issue.

“President Sahle-work offered a lunch for the president and his delegation,” added the minister in a tweet. The event was held in a public restaurant in the capital.

Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, and the President of the Oromia region, Shimeles Abdissa, attended the lunch after which Afwerki and his delegation also visited some sites in Addis Ababa.

May 3: Afwerki leaves Asmara for Addis Ababa

Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki left for Ethiopia Sunday morning for a two-day summit with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.

According to the Eritrea information minister, the president’s trip limited in three areas: bilateral relations, the fight against COVID-19-19 and locust infestation, as well as regional affairs.

The President is accompanied by Foreign Minister Osman Saleh and Presidential Adviser Yemane Ghebreab. Visits between the two neighbors have been regular in recent years after a historic thaw in relations in 2018.

Bilateral relations have grown in the past two years despite analysts calling for consolidation efforts to be further strengthened. The drivers of the relations include the resumption of flights, the reopening of embassies, the reestablishment of telephone lines, among others.

On the subject of reopening the border crossings, they were greatly fancied in 2018 and 2019, but since then Eritrea has closed them unilaterally. The handover of the controversial city of Badme and the demilitarization of the borders are still pending.

With respect to COVID-19-19, the two countries have relatively low infection rates in the Eastern region, Horn of Africa. While Ethiopia is leading calls for international debt relief and defending relief efforts against the virus, Eritrea is raising funds, domestic and foreign, from nationals to combat the pandemic.

the COVID-19-19 file of each country from May 3 (07:00 GMT) It is as follows:

Ethiopia: Confirmed cases = 133. Recoveries = 69. Deaths = 3
Eritrea: Confirmed cases = 39. Recoveries = 26. Deaths = 0

The East African locust invasion has also affected parts of the two countries, as well as Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

Afwerki and Abiy have exchanged bilateral visits since then, discussing the idea of ​​a new regional bloc on the cards. The two leaders together with Somali counterpart Mohammed Abdullahi Farmaajo have also held trilateral summits in Asmara and Bahir Dar in the recent past.



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