DW: Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, president throughout its 25 years of independence, arrived in Ethiopia on Saturday – less than a week after the two countries declared the official end to a two-decade-old border war.
The visit shores up a remarkable improvement in relations after a generation of mutual mistrust and enmity.
He was greeted upon landing in the capital Addis Ababa by reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who himself made a historic visit last weekend to Eritrea .
Chief of staff to Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Fitsum Arega, thanked Isaias “for honoring us with a visit” in a statement.
The 72-year-old Afwerki last visited Ethiopia in 1996, after Eritrea gained independence from its southern neighbour in 1993. That trip was followed by a 1998-2000 war over the disputed border that killed some 80,000 people.
The two countries signed an official declaration of peace on Monday, with the two leaders announcing joint development of ports in Eritrea, the reopening of roads from land-locked Ethiopia, and the restarting of flights.
Eritrea seceded from Ethiopia after a long war of independence, but territorial disputes were carried over to result in the conflict that ended in 2000. Although a peace agreement was signed at the time, Ethiopia refused to implement it.
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