Somalian and Ethiopian diplomats descended on Turkey’s capital this month for talks aimed at ending a bitter row that has threatened to ignite a war between the east African countries.
Turkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, refereed the negotiations, placing each delegation in separate rooms in his ministry before bringing them together for face-to-face discussions, a senior Turkish diplomat said.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan also lobbied both countries to mend fences after landlocked Ethiopia agreed a deal in January to build a naval base in the breakaway region of Somaliland, infuriating Somalia.
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