(MENAFN- SomTribune) DP World downsizes in Berbera: In developing Somaliland's port, the Emirati operator is having to contend with the new political configurations in the Horn.
Despite the ceremony held with great pomp on 11 October to mark the o cial launch of works at the port of Berbera,
There are already several indications that bear out the Somaliland president's analysis: although Hargeisa proposed on 28 October that Addis Ababa should construct a gas pipeline for the gas and oil extracted from the nearby Ogaden basin, the Ethiopian authorities are leaning towards Eritrea and Djibouti as the beneficiaries of this infrastructure.
Moreover, on the instructions of Prime Minister
Since coming to power, Abiy Ahmed Ali has also declined all opportunities to meet with the Somaliland leader and has still not clarified the terms and conditions of Ethiopia's funding of the port of Berbera. And last but not least, the United Arab Emirates is providing unconditional financial and political support to Ethiopia and Eritrea.
In the face of this new configuration, MBA has gone over the heads of his minister of foreign affairs,
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