(Nov 05, 2012, Addis Ababa)--Ethiopia and Qatar have resumed
diplomatic and economic ties, the prime ministers of both countries
said on Monday, ending a four-year row over claims that the Gulf state
was backing opposition groups in the Horn of Africa.
“We are in a time where we
can flourish and strengthen our relationship and our relationship is
based on mutual trust as well as a good heart,” Ethiopian Prime Minister
Hailemariam Desalegn told reporters after meeting his Qatari
counterpart in Addis Ababa.
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Now we want to continue with this relationship for the future, he added. The two countries fell out in
2008, when Ethiopia’s late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi accused the Gulf
state of destabilizing the Horn of Africa by supporting armed
opposition groups in the region, including in Ethiopia’s arch-foe
Eritrea. Read more from Gulf News »
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