Ethiopia Says Lack of Port Access Can Fuel Future Conflict
- Prime minister calls for talks with neighbors on harbor access
- Issue raised amid growing tension with neighboring Eritrea
Abiy Ahmed
Photographer: Amanuel Sileshi/AFP/Getty Images
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Ethiopia’s lack of access to a port on the Red Sea is a potential source of future conflict with neighboring countries, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said, raising the prospect of more instability in a region already wracked by violence.
The question of the landlocked Horn of Africa nation’s direct access to harbors should “no longer be considered as taboo,” Abiy said in a 45-minute lecture broadcast on state television on Oct. 13.