Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is traveling to Ethiopia to hold discussions with his counterpart Taye Atske Selassie and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Saturday, amid ongoing tensions with Somalia over access to the Red Sea. The diplomatic sources said the issue of access to the Red Sea for economic reasons is high on Ethiopia's agenda. Fidan also met with his Ethiopian and Somali counterparts, when he hosted them in Ankara on July 1. Ankara also enjoys a close economic, diplomatic and military friendship with Somalia. In Somalia, Turkish nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and companies are extensively active in education, energy and finance.
