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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Ethiopia again demands access to the Red Sea as tensions with neighbors escalate

Ethiopia - (Ethiopian Prime Minster's Office via AP)

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday reiterated that his landlocked country must have access to the Red Sea, despite neighboring countries saying at a summit Sunday that responsibility for the sea rests with states along its shores and warning of the risk of regional conflict.

Ethiopia lost direct access to the Red Sea in 1993 after Eritrea, formerly a region of Ethiopia, became independent.

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