(Anadolu Agency)-Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Saturday that he is “closely” following the agreement reached between Ethiopia and Somalia with Turkish mediation and expressing hope it “would contribute to achieving security and stability in the Horn of Africa, according to a statement from the Egyptian presidency.
It came during a telephone call al-Sisi received from his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron.
Al-Sisi added that he is “closely following the agreement recently reached between Ethiopia and Somalia through Turkish mediation.”
He expressed his “hope that this agreement would contribute to achieving security and stability in the Horn of Africa region, and that it would be in line with the principles of international law.”
The two presidents emphasized “the importance of further enhancing cooperation across various fields, especially economic and investment, while emphasizing the need to attract more French companies to invest in development projects in Egypt,” it said.
The call also involved an exchange of views on regional developments.
The Egyptian president stressed “the close link between security and stability in the Horn of Africa and Egypt’s national security.”
He pointed out that Egypt “is working to support Somalia to achieve security and stability, whether through bilateral cooperation or by participating in the African Union peacekeeping mission at Somalia’s request.”
Ethiopia and Somalia have been at odds since Ethiopia struck a deal in January with Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland to use its Red Sea port of Berbera. Türkiye has been working to resolve these tensions.
Everyone, silence! Brutus speaks!!! Watch out Ethiopia and you better behave. Otherwise, El-Sisi’s fearless army will be at your door in Addis/Finfinne in less than 30 minutes flanked by the indomitable army of the other pure Arabs at Villa Mogadishu. I have already moved over to the other side and singing this from the top of my lung:
Belâdi, belâdi, belâdi
Lake ḥobbi wa-fuâdi
Maṣr jâ ‘omme l-belâd
‘Ânte gâjti wal-morâd
Wa għalâ kolle l-għabâd
Kam le-Nilek men ‘âjâdi
Maṣr ‘ante âglâ dorrah
Fawqe ġebin ad-dahr gorrah
Jâ belâdi għâjẋi ḥorrah
Wa aslami ragam al-‘agħâdi
You guys should join me and sing that along until you memorize it. Meanwhile, keep killing each other like rival wild animals in Amhara and Oromia regions until the entire population in those two regions is on the move.
For now, everyone, silence! Brutus speaks!!!
Meanwhile, I would like to take a moment to wish you all of my very dear countrymen/women from every country in The Horn of Africa A Happy and Rewarding Year in 2025 and years beyond that. It is also my Best Wishes for that gem of a region that produced us all that will somehow find the wherewithal to be at peace with itself in the coming year. Let’s all monger peace and stability for those innocent besieged people. Enough with finding solutions to issues with guns. Enough, enough, enough! Insha’Allah!!!