PM Abiy Ahmed is in the process of setting up the Red Sea Military Force
Posted: 27 Aug 2019, 10:51
Ethiopia spearheads creation of regional military force
The Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali is in the process of setting up the Red Sea Military Force, a joint initiative whose purpose is to deploy troops in the Red Sea and regions bordering onto the Indian Ocean.
Ethiopia, Eritrea,Kenya, Sudan and Djibouti will be involved in this initiative, according to Abiy. The war in Yemen and the threat posed by the radical Islamists of Al-Shabaab are the two major security concerns at the regional and international levels in the eyes of the Ethiopian prime minister.
Once deployed,the joint military force will patrol international waters in the Gulf of Aden and the Horn as well as part of the coast of east Africa in order to ensure that ships in the region can circulate freely. It will also keep a close eye on any imminent threats that could destabilise the zone. The representatives of the various nations which Abiy Ahmed Ali consulted have welcomed this proposal because it will serve to put into place strategic measures for counter-balancing the growing presence of Western navies in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. It perhaps comes as no surprise that the Ethiopian prime minister has spearheaded this initiative, given that he is currently in the process of creating a new Ethiopian navy.
For that undertaking, he is receiving assistance from a number of Western countries, first and foremost among them France and the United States. As a
landlocked country, Ethiopia is hoping to secure a maritime base in a neighbouring country. Negotiations are in progress to create facilities at the Eritrean port of Massawa, although the Ethiopian army high command currently seems to have a preference for setting up a base in Somalia.
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The Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali is in the process of setting up the Red Sea Military Force, a joint initiative whose purpose is to deploy troops in the Red Sea and regions bordering onto the Indian Ocean.
Ethiopia, Eritrea,Kenya, Sudan and Djibouti will be involved in this initiative, according to Abiy. The war in Yemen and the threat posed by the radical Islamists of Al-Shabaab are the two major security concerns at the regional and international levels in the eyes of the Ethiopian prime minister.
Once deployed,the joint military force will patrol international waters in the Gulf of Aden and the Horn as well as part of the coast of east Africa in order to ensure that ships in the region can circulate freely. It will also keep a close eye on any imminent threats that could destabilise the zone. The representatives of the various nations which Abiy Ahmed Ali consulted have welcomed this proposal because it will serve to put into place strategic measures for counter-balancing the growing presence of Western navies in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. It perhaps comes as no surprise that the Ethiopian prime minister has spearheaded this initiative, given that he is currently in the process of creating a new Ethiopian navy.
For that undertaking, he is receiving assistance from a number of Western countries, first and foremost among them France and the United States. As a
landlocked country, Ethiopia is hoping to secure a maritime base in a neighbouring country. Negotiations are in progress to create facilities at the Eritrean port of Massawa, although the Ethiopian army high command currently seems to have a preference for setting up a base in Somalia.
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