{"id":278265,"date":"2018-06-26T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?guid=effd5dc2edc451808f0682b4ef87c47e"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:36:36","slug":"ethiopia-eritrea-thaw-first-high-level-talks-after-two-decades-of-freeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/278265","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia\u2013Eritrea thaw: first high-level talks after two decades of freeze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In June 2018, <strong>Ethiopia and Eritrea<\/strong> moved from a long \u201cno war, no peace\u201d stalemate toward open diplomacy for the first time in about twenty years. After Ethiopia\u2019s new leadership signaled acceptance of the Algiers\/EEBC framework on the border, Asmara and Addis Ababa began high-level contacts that regional commentators called historic.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-264152\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Ethiopian-Prime-Minister-Abiy-Ahmed-signs-a-peace-accord-with-Eritrea.-Image-Saudi-Press-Agency-via-AP-1.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ethiopia\u2013Eritrea thaw: first high-level talks after two decades of freeze\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p>Deutsche Welle and other outlets described the talks as a thaw between neighbors that had fought a devastating 1998\u20132000 war and then spent years militarized along the frontier. The breakthrough was tied to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed\u2019s early reform period and Eritrea\u2019s decision to engage.<\/p>\n<p>The episode still matters as a reference point for Horn diplomacy: it showed how quickly frozen conflicts can reopen politically, and how fragile the follow-through on borders, trade, and security cooperation can be once the cameras leave.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/ethiopia-eritrea-ties-thaw-first-talks-in-20-years\/a-44409581\">Deutsche Welle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/7\/9\/ethiopia-and-eritrea-declare-end-of-war\">Al Jazeera background<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopia-Eritrea ties thaw \u2013 first talks in 20 years&nbsp;&nbsp;Deutsche WelleThe Ethiopia-Eritrea talks are being hailed as historic for the neighbors that went to war 20 years ago. Political commentators say, despite a thaw in the &#8220;frozen &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":264152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Ethiopian-Prime-Minister-Abiy-Ahmed-signs-a-peace-accord-with-Eritrea.-Image-Saudi-Press-Agency-via-AP-1.jpg?fit=595%2C445&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1ao9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278265"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":599916,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278265\/revisions\/599916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}