AUC Chairperson welcomes agreement signed by leaders of Ethiopia, Somalia

Addis Ababa, December 12, 2024 (FBC) – The African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat welcomes the communiqué signed on Wednesday by the leaders of Ethiopia and Somalia to resolve misunderstandings between the two nations.

The “Ankara Declaration” was signed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali of Ethiopia and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia on December 11, 2024 in Ankara, under the auspices of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the Republic of Türkiye.

In an official statement communicated by African Union on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), the AUC Chairperson welcomed this “important act of high responsibility on the part of the leaders of Somalia and Ethiopia.”

Through the statement, he strongly encouraged the two countries to implement, without delay, the relevant measures adopted.

The Chairperson further congratulated Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan for his support to the two parties in their shared commitment to resolve their differences through consultation and dialogue, in the best interests of their countries and peoples.