{"id":120793,"date":"2026-02-06T22:43:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/?p=120793"},"modified":"2026-02-06T22:53:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:53:50","slug":"120793","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/2026\/02\/120793\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ethiopian government has asked neighboring countries for help in finding a route to the Red Sea."},"content":{"rendered":"

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has reiterated his call for strengthening integration in the Horn of Africa and for Ethiopia to find a peaceful, negotiated and consensual route to the Red Sea, describing it as essential for the country\u2019s long-term security and development.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister\u2019s remarks came as he was delivering a report to the Ethiopian Parliament on his government\u2019s performance, while participating in a question-and-answer session with members of the House of People.<\/p>\n

Speaking on regional diplomacy, he said that the countries of the Horn of Africa share a common culture, language and history, but are still divided by external interference and conflicting interests. He stressed that neighboring countries should be cooperative, rather than competitive and hostile.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur region is indivisible,\u201d the Prime Minister said, urging Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Sudan and Kenya to prioritize cooperation independent of foreign agendas.<\/p>\n

Abiy Ahmed also spoke about Ethiopia\u2019s efforts to secure a sea route, describing it as a national security and economic imperative. Ethiopia became a landlocked country in 1993, following the secession of Eritrea. He noted that there had long been concerns about the port of Assab, but the formal demand for a sea route only became apparent last year.<\/p>\n

The prime minister said Ethiopia, a country of about 130 million people, is seeking a peaceful solution based on dialogue and exchange rather than resorting to force, such as giving neighboring countries shares in its major national assets, such as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) or Ethiopian Airlines, or through leases or land swaps.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not want to resort to force,\u201d he said. \u201cThis issue can be resolved through the principles of trade, peace and dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has reiterated his call for strengthening integration in the Horn of Africa and for Ethiopia to find a peaceful, negotiated and consensual route to the Red Sea, describing it as essential for the country\u2019s long-term security and development. The Prime Minister\u2019s remarks came as he was delivering a report to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":120791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dhacdoyinka-caalamka","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120793"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120798,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120793\/revisions\/120798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}