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“Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has insisted that his landlocked country must have access to the Red Sea, despite a conflict in the north of the country that risks escalating into a regional conflict.”

“ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday reiterated that his landlocked country must have access to the Red Sea, despite neighboring countries saying at a summit Sunday that responsibility for the sea rests with states along…”

“Eritrea sees itself as facing a threat that Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has reiterated on several occasions: With Ethiopia having been deprived of its own access to the sea since Eritrea's independence, Abiy has often alluded to rectifying this…”

“Eritrea sees itself as facing a threat that Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has reiterated on several occasions: With Ethiopia having been deprived of its own access to the sea since Eritrea's independence, Abiy has often alluded to rectifying this…”

“However, they have since been at loggerheads over the 2022 peace agreement that ended a two-year civil war between the government in Addis Ababa and Tigray rebels, and over Ethiopia’s demands for access to the Red Sea.”

“In recent years, the countries have been at loggerheads over landlocked Ethiopia's demands that Eritrea grant it commercial and naval access to the Red Sea, particularly the port of Assab near their border.”

“One major dispute concerns Ethiopia's demand for reliable access to the Red Sea.”