And early this week, a delegation from Ethiopia comprising of military officials arrived in Somaliland where they discussed security cooperation between the two sides. This was the first high-level security meeting between the two parties after the June fiasco that almost disintegrated cooperation between them. During the meeting held in Hargeisa, the two sides have discussed and agreed upon ways to further strengthen security cooperation between Ethiopia and Somaliland. Somaliland's quest for statehood has seen many countries express interest in close military cooperation. Besides Ethiopia and Egypt expressing the military base establishment, the US, which recently backed cooperation between Somaliland and Taiwan, is said to be considering to relocate the military base to Berbera.

Source: Ethiopian News October 02, 2020 22:18 UTC