World Fund for Development and Planning - WFDP issued a statement condemning the Berbera Agreement that was signed between Ethiopia and the Somaliland region, with the aim of Ethiopia obtaining access to and a port on the Red Sea.
Ambassador E ...
World Fund for Development and Planning - WFDP issued a statement condemning the Berbera Agreement that was signed between Ethiopia and the Somaliland region, with the aim of Ethiopia obtaining access to and a port on the Red Sea.
Ambassador Ekramy El Zaghat, president of WFDP, announced that the Somaliland region is not a separate region but rather an integral part of Somali territory, and it will not be possible to treat it as a sovereign region or state, explaining that there are international agreements to recognise territorial integrity and independence, stressing that Somalia is one country governed by one government, and its division will not be recognized for any reason.
WFDP called on the General Secretariat of the United Nations and the international community to adhere to the international agreements concluded regarding the state of Somalia and its territorial integrity, under a unified confederal government with Mogadishu as its capital and to refuse to register any agreements with any region under the rule of the state in accordance with international law.
He also stressed the commitment to support the State of Somalia regionally and globally in accordance with the agreements signed between the Fund and the Somali government.
At the beginning of this year, Ethiopia, a country that does not have access to any outlet on the Red Sea, unexpectedly signed an agreement with the leader of Somaliland, in order to gain access to an outlet on the Red Sea. The agreement granted Ethiopia access to the Red Sea for 50 years, with a length of 20 kilometers. It includes the port of Berbera and a military base, in exchange for Addis Ababa recognizing Somaliland, a breakaway from Somalia, as an independent republic after the region failed to obtain recognition of its independence from any country in the world.
This step sparked many criticisms, while the Somali President announced that he would not recognize the signed agreement.