Ethiopia needs 10 ports to meet its current market needs” – Djibouti
In order to ease the tension between Ethiopia and Somalia, Djibouti proposed a solution that Ethiopia should use the ‘Tajura Port’, which is 100 km away from Ethiopia.
In what way for the time being; How you use it is not known in detail.
Whether Ethiopia will accept Djibouti’s request or not is not yet known.
What did the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Djibouti, Ali Youssef, say?
“We know that this is very beneficial for Ethiopia.
As a large country with more than 100 million consumers, Ethiopia needs more than 3 or 4 ports.
Ethiopia needs 10 ports to meet its current market needs.
We understand these needs of Ethiopia. We also try to meet expectations.
Ethiopia cannot build a naval base but we want to help Ethiopia to have more than one port.
By helping Ethiopia to have more than one passage, we should focus on the main point by alleviating the tension and making everyone calm.
That is our role as Djibouti. That is what we have been doing for the past years. We continue to work on these principles.
We want the good relations between Ethiopia and Somalia to be restored,” he said in a statement to VOA.
Africa’s largest country with more than 100 million people, #Ethiopia is landlocked and its fair demand has not been on the national agenda for the past several years. The issue had never been raised like this.
However, following the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with Somaliland months ago, the issue has become an international agenda.
Although, following the agreement, Somalia has snorted and strengthened its relations, various solutions have been proposed to solve the problem.
