Somalie: l'Ethiopie soutient accord Somaliland, manifestation à Mogadiscio

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L'Éthiopie a affirmé que l'accord maritime qu'elle a signé avec la région séparatiste du Somaliland ne viole "aucune loi", en réponse à la colère suscitée en Somalie par ce texte considéré comme "illégal" et contre lequel des habitants de la capitale ont manifesté mercredi.  Ce "memorandum d'accord" signé lundi a ravivé les craintes d'un regain de tension entre les deux voisins aux relations historiquement tumultueuses.  Le président somalilandais Muse Bihi Abdi a affirmé lundi qu'en échange l'Ethiopie allait "reconnaître formellement la république du Somaliland", ce qu'aucun pays n'a fait depuis qu'elle a proclamé unilatéralement son indépendance de la Somalie en 1991.  Les autorités somaliennes ont condamné ce texte jugé "illégal", dénonçant une "agression" éthiopienne et "une violation flagrante de (sa) souveraineté".  Dans un communiqué mercredi, le gouvernement éthiopien a assuré qu'"aucune partie, ni aucun pays ne sera affecté par ce memorandum d'accord". - L'info en continu  https://buzzplus.fr/ Infos, news & actualités - L'information internationale en direct.

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00:00 Ethiopia has stated that the maritime agreement it signed with the Somaliland separatist region

00:05 violates no law, in response to the anger aroused in Somalia by this text considered

00:10 as illegal and against which the inhabitants of the capital protested on Wednesday.

00:14 This memorandum of agreement, signed on Monday, revived fears of a return of tension between

00:20 the two neighbors to historically tumultuous relations.

00:22 Somaliland President Musbi Abdi said on Monday that in exchange Ethiopia would formally recognize

00:29 the Republic of Somaliland, which no country has done since it unilaterally proclaimed

00:34 its independence from Somalia in 1991.

00:37 Somali authorities condemned this text deemed "illegal", denouncing "an Ethiopian

00:43 aggression and a blatant violation of [its] sovereignty".

00:47 In a statement on Wednesday, the Ethiopian government assured that "no party, nor any

00:53 country will be affected by this memorandum of agreement".

00:56 "There is no broken trust and no law has been violated", he said.

01:01 He does not say that he will recognize Somaliland, but that he will conduct a "deepened evaluation"

01:07 in order to take a position on Somaliland's efforts to obtain international recognition.

01:12 Addis Abeba also underlines that the self-proclaimed republic has already signed agreements with

01:18 different countries, including agreements for port development.

01:21 However, there was no murmur or complaint when this materialized, he stressed.

01:27 Impossible.

01:28 Somali authorities have been mobilizing since Tuesday against the text, which they have

01:34 promised to fight by all legal means.

01:36 In Mogadishu, hundreds of inhabitants, including many schoolchildren, gathered on Wednesday

01:42 at the Stadconi.

01:43 They sang slogans of "hostile" to Musbi Abdi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed

01:49 and shouted out "not a inch of our territory is to be sold" or "Somalia belongs to the

01:55 Somali people".

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