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The Ethiopian government yesterday spoke strongly about the security situation in the Horn of Africa region, especially the concern it said it has during the transition period of the African Union forces in Somalia, abbreviated as ATMIS, which will be replaced by a new operation.
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A press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia said that they are concerned about the possible danger of the current process, which they said could pose a security threat to the region.
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Ethiopia has specifically warned against Egypt’s actions in Somalia, and said that this issue poses a threat to its security and that of the region as a whole.
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Also threatened to take any action to prevent this, arguing that Somalia has gone through blood and loot.
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So what does the threat from Ethiopia mean?
The current situation in Somalia and Ethiopia. “It may be that the Ethiopians say that we Somalia have invested a lot, we are taking advantage of them and from now on they will see them as enemies and they will leave their forces and their belongings. It seems that there is a need for the Somalia to carefully investigate and look at the process of separation between Somalia and Ethiopia,”
Ethiopia is trying to divide Somalia, using politics, through the regional governments of the country.
“Ethiopia is trying to put pressure on Somalia and start to tear them apart or intervene in their regions and small governments, all this to try and open up their politics,”
On the other hand, about the relationship between Somalia and Egypt, and declared that the federal government can enter into an agreement with any Arab country that is its ally, and this was caused by Ethiopia’s violation of the maritime agreement.
“Somalia can enter into an agreement with Egypt, Turkey, Iraq and any other Arab country, but we are not fighting for that,”
“The question is, what is the cause of all this?” Somalia does not have a strong army when it seeks its allies and goes everywhere, it was brought about when its independence was violated.