'We won't negotiate': Ethiopia PM issues warning over sovereignty
The Peninsula
Nairobi: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed warned on Sunday that his country would humiliate any nation that threatens its sovereignty, as tension...
Nairobi: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed warned on Sunday that his country would "humiliate" any nation that threatens its sovereignty, as tensions spiral in the volatile Horn of Africa.
Africa's second most populous nation is locked in a dispute with neighbouring Somalia over a maritime deal it signed with the breakaway region of Somaliland. Relations with Egypt are also fraught over Ethiopia's mega-dam on the Blue Nile.
"We will not be touched! However, we will humiliate anyone who dares to threaten us in order to dissuade them," Abiy said at a Sovereignty Day ceremony in the capital Addis Ababa.
"We won't negotiate with anyone on Ethiopia's sovereignty and dignity," he was quoted as saying by the official Ethiopian News Agency.
Ethiopia last month accused unnamed actors of seeking to "destabilise the region" after Egypt sent military equipment to Somalia following the signing of a military cooperation pact between Cairo and Mogadishu.
