An Ethiopian cargo ship has docked in the Eritrean port of Masawa for the first time in about two decades.
The ship arrived from Saudi Arabia, according to a tweet by a privately owned Ethiopian news site.
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed is currently in Eritrea for his latest round of talks with President Isaias Afwerki after the two leaders signed an agreement in July to end the “state of war” between the two countries.
The visit is seen as vital in landlocked Ethiopia’s efforts to gain access to Eritrea’s ports for the first time, since the 1998 to 2000 border conflict that killed tens of of thousands of people.
