The discussion on demarcating borders between Sudan and Ethiopia is scheduled to take place on December 22, according to the office of Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok.
Following a meeting between Hamdok and his Ethiopian counterpart Abiy Ahmed, the office said in a press statement, that both leaders have discussed, holding the Boundary Commission between the two countries on December 22nd.
On his part, Ahmed is participating in the 38th Extraordinary Summit of the Assembly of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Heads of State and Government that is currently underway in Djibouti
“The strength of stability in our region is based on cooperation for growth and development,” he said in a tweet. “I am glad as leaders we can come around the table and discuss pressing issues in our region.”
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On the margins of the summit, he and Hamdok discussed the bilateral issues as a follow up to their last meeting in Addis Ababa.
IGAD summit was held on Sunday in Djibouti, bringing together seven East African countries.
The last meeting was about border demarcation, held in May 2020 in Addis Ababa.
A new meeting was scheduled to take place a month later, but was canceled, as the rain season made it more difficult to establish border points between the two countries in this region.
The demarcation agreement dates back to May 1902 between Britain and Ethiopia, but there are still gaps in some points, which regularly caused accidents with Ethiopian farmers who come to work on land, which Sudan asserted that it fell within its borders.
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