Eritrea and Egypt have held talks around the enhancement of bilateral ties amid a cooling of relations between nations across the Horn of Africa region. Egypt’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sameh Shoukry was in the Eritrean capital Asmara on Thursday. He met with President Isaias Afwerki and delivered a message from President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. “Enhanced cooperation between Egypt & Eritrea will thus “imbue additional vigour to recent positive developments in Horn of Africa”,” he said in a tweet. Since Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met with Afwerki on July 9 to sign the deal, Afwerki has gone on to host Somali president and South Sudanese presidents.

Source: Ethiopian News September 14, 2018 01:52 UTC