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[Abdisa]

Djibouti said to Abiy, you want port? you want sea access? Take our beautiful port of Tadjoura and do whatever you want to do with it. You can use it as a fishing ground, to build your naval base, to invade Egypt, to do whatever your mercenary heart desires. 100% it's all yours!

Abiy did not respond to Djibouti's generous offer because sea access is the furthest thing from his mercenary mind. He's using sea access as a pretext to destabilize the Horn of Africa region to please and appease his Neo-colonial masters, as well as to prolong his mercenary rule.

Djibouti Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf said his government was offering to operate its port of Tadjoura jointly with Ethiopia, but denied it was planning to hand it over completely.

"What we have proposed to the Ethiopians is not to sell the port of Tadjoura. There has never been any question of ceding or selling the port," he told reporters on Monday.

"It is a national heritage that will never be sold off to anyone," he said, adding that instead: "We manage (the port) together."

The $60-million facility, which opened in 2017, gives access to the Gulf of Aden and then to the Red Sea, one of the world's major maritime trading routes.

Youssouf said it was important for Djibouti, whose economy relies on the international trade and shipping industries, to keep Ethiopia's business.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's spokesperson Billene Seyoum did not immediately respond to AFP's request for comment.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/2 ... o-ethiopia

[AbyssiniaLady]

Stop spreading fake news.

[Abdisa]

US Navy officer, Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan said, "Whoever controls the Indian Ocean dominates Asia. This ocean is the key to the seven seas" - implying that whoever controls the Indian Ocean holds significant power over global maritime trade and strategy.

Somalia has a coastline stretching 3,330 kilometers along the Indian ocean. Divide and Conquer is a strategy global powers have been using to dominate Somalia, the Indian ocean, and Asia. The task given to Abiy Ahmed is to further destabilize Somalia, so as it remains controlled by global powers vying to dominate Asia.

[Zack]

Djibouti never offered Ethiopians a naval Base only for commerce
No military our Deal was the best for them if they wanted a port ofcourse the port would not be free but they could manage it freely no interference from the Djibouti government . Ofcourse they have to cover some of the cost . And perhaps give some some concessions to the Djibouti government perhaps some lease of fertile land to cover the cost we would be losing for the almost free port they would get as the Brits say no such thing as free lunch


D’r Zackovich

[Fiyameta]

From 1991 to 1997, TPLF-ruled Ethiopia was using both Eritrean ports for FREE, yes FOR FREE, but since super power policy for Ethiopia, as professed by Henry Kissinger, calls for the country to be in perpetual conflict with itself and all its neighbors, the TPLF were given the order to invade Eritrea and forfeit Ethiopia's privileges to use Eritrean ports.... perhaps forever!

Ethiopian leaders have always worked against their own country's interest. The TPLF thought paying $1.6 billion a year to use Djibouti's port services would destroy Eritrea, a country that had allowed them sea and port access FOR FREE. "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride."

Traditionally, Ethiopian politics has always been centered on the destruction of Eritrea. But look at what's happening to Ethiopia today, as it is engulfed in a bloody civil war that's threatening its existence.

Another way to look at it this:
In 1997 $1 USD = 2 Birr.
In 2024, $1 USD = 140 Birr