Leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea were on Sunday awarded the highest medal of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during a summit in at which they signed a peace agreement. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki were hosted by Saudi King Salman in Jeddah. According to the PM’s chief of staff the medals were in recognition of the efforts of: “Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and H.E. #Saudi KingSalman decorates President of #Eritrea Isaias Afwerki and the Prime Minister of #Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed with the King Abdul Aziz Necklace. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki signed a declaration of peace in July that formally ended two decades of hostility.

Source: Ethiopian News September 16, 2018 15:45 UTC