As their peace deal accelerates, Eritrea has made ready the port of Massawa to serve Ethiopia’s import and export traffic.
Eritrea had denied landlocked Ethiopia access to the port on the outbreak of hostilities twenty years ago.
The head of the Massawa Port Administration, Layne Asfahaley, told Ethiopia’s state news agency on Tuesday that the port has gone through major renovation works to enable it provide services to iEritrea’s former foe with which full diplomatic relations have been restored in the last one month.
The use of Eritrea’s port by Ethiopia would be the first landmark economic cooperation since the two horn of Africa nations officially declared an end to two decades of enmity due to a border dispute.
Founded in the 19th century and initially developed by the Italian and British colonial authorities in the region, the Port of Massawa is the primary port for the trafficking of goods and services to the Eritrean…
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