The Ethiopian government is considering to import fuel from the port of Berbera in Somaliland, as reported in many parts of the independent media in Ethiopia.
The Director General of Oil Marketing and Research of the Ethiopian Oil and Energy Authority, Ato Lemesa Tulu, said that the reduction in the service capacity of the port of Djibouti, which used to import oil from Ethiopia, has and said that the port’s storage system has not been improved for 18 years.
He said that there is a lack of gas in Ethiopian cities such as Addis Ababa, and motorists are seen in long queues at 120 gas stations in Addis Ababa, which serve 770,000 vehicles. He noted that the work of the aid and fuel storage system in Addis Ababa itself is not good.
The port of Berbera has been ranked first among the ports with the best service in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to the World Bank’s port evaluation report, while the port of Djibouti has experienced a significant decline in service delivery in the past year, according to the report. mentioned.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somaliland D.R. Isse Kayd Mohamud said that after the signing of the agreement between Somaliland and Ethiopia, Ethiopia will land most of its cargoes from the world at Berbera port.
The government of Djibouti is concerned about Ethiopia’s trade, whose economy is very dependent on the port of Berbera, which has caused Djibouti to offer a port to Ethiopia, although Ethiopia has not yet responded to Djibouti’s request.
