Ethiopia's PM Abiy Ahmed in Eritrea for landmark visit
08 Jul 2018 ( IBTN News Bureau )With hugs and cheers, the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea have met for the first time in more than 20 years amid a recent thawing in relations between the two long-time East African rivals.
In a landmark visit, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed landed in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, on Sunday, for a bilateral summit, aimed at repairing relations between the two countries. Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki warmly greeted Abiy at the airport, Eritrea's state television showed.
Al Jazeera's Priyanka Gupta reports.
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