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right we are going to take you live now
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to Ankara where the Turkish president R
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tan is holding a press with the Somalian
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president and the Egyptian prime
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minister let's listen in the
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Press firstly I would like to greet you
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with my most heartfelt feelings and
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affection both which are my friends sh
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mmud and ABI Ahmed I am
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pleased that we are able to host them in
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our country and I would like to one
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again thank them and their members of
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the delegates and say welcome to them in
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point of you Somalia and ethopia and
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their trust towards our country as a
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result of
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that starting from8 months
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ago the the Ankara process is now in a
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important
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step for that
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reason we can
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overcome some disappointments and
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resentments and we can foster a new
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beginning between Somalia and Ethiopia
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on the basis of cooperation and peace
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and this is the first step the
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sovereignty the unity and the
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territorial Integrity of both countries
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in order
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to realize these values as a principal
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stance in this valuable corner of
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Africa establishing peace and stability
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is our main expectation and starting
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from
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May the consent of the parties
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are foreign ministers twice in Ankara
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and on the occasion of United
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Nations they come together in the
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Turkish house as
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well and many times we also communicated
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through
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phone and throughout this process their
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priority their sensitivities and their
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expectations were listened to us
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listened by us with great care and with
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important contributions from both
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countries
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today with the joint
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declaration text is now created and this
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joint declaration is focused on the
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future and not to the
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past and these two friendly countries
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which carry importance for us their
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principles that they're going to build
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from now on is now
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registered and with great efforts I
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would like
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to congratulate both my dear brothers in
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coming to a common com compromise and I
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would like to thank them for their
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approach
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valuable members of the press Ethiopia
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and Somalia and the region that they
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live in in the
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past went through many injustices
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and has been a stage for many conflicts
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but it also went through bright times
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and also hosted great
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people and people of the region has the
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wisdom of overcoming challenges
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throughout the history
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and with the agreed joint
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declaration we hope that it will Foster
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cooperation Economic Development and
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prosperity and it will be a strong
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ground for these to happen and I believe
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in this and it
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also shows uh the
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responsibility of the state people for
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the future Generations
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and this joint declaration is a fruit of
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such vision and we are going to decide
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on the next steps and ensure the people
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of the
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region have prosperity and we are going
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to realize a project that will ensure
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that and with these sentiments in front
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of you I would like to once again thank
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them and hope that this process will be
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auspicious thank you so much
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and now the floor will be
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Somalia president of Somalia she
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Mahmud thank you thank you very much
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Your
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Excellence president erdogan and the
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Republic of Turkey the effort that have
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been put into this endeavor that we have
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concluded tonight at this hour in one
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aspect it's a conclusion because it
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stops and the differences that we had in
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the recent times Ethiopia and Somalia
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are two neighborly countries and they
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have
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mutual uh interests in cooperating
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together and building a prosperous
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future of both our two countries and our
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two people we are very much grateful for
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efforts of turkey
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Somalia as has been will remain a true
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friend of Ethiopia for the future and
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the years to come in order to that
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relationship to benefit our people we
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belong to a region where peace and
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stability is a the first priority for
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our people's lives and we have common
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and mutual opportunities to develop
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together in our own interests Somalia
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will contribute towards that and we are
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ready
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to work with the Ethiopian leadership
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and the Ethiopian people to benefit the
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opportunities that we had in all aspects
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as we said here we have recognized that
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the sacrifices that Ethiopian forces
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made in Somalia within the African Union
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peacekeeping missions many many years in
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the past that shows how much our people
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are Interlink it and we will keep
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continue on that besides that Ethiopia
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and
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Somalia has so
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many commonalities than differences our
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differences are very limited our
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commonalities are very high we will try
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and we will do everything that moves
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forward and benefits our both people in
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a peaceful manner our region needs our
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cooperation
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the Horn of Africa is a very fragile
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very volatile region which needs both
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Ethiopia and Somalia to work together in
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order to provide a mutual benefit for
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both our countries our people and the
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people of the region as well we have a
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lot of opportunities for prosperity and
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we will do together to make sure that
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our people live and benefit those
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opportunities I thank you very much your
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excellenc
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I
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also thank uh the president of Somalia
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sh Mahmud and now I will give the floor
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to the prime minister of Ethiopia ABI
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Ahmed your Excellency and dear brother
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president typ re erogan your Excellency
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president Hassan shik Muhammad honor
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ministers distinguished members of the
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press first I would like to thank
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president T re erdogan his government
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and the people of turkey for the warm
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welcome and generous
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Hospitality I take this opportune moment
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to express appreciation for the
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government of turkey's commitment to
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peace efforts in the Horn of Africa
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president erdogan has taken the
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initiative to facilitate a series of
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discussions at the foreign minister
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level between the Fraternal nations of
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Ethiopia and Somalia over over the past
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few
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months these efforts have culminated in
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today's meeting at the level of the
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leaders with a commitment to address
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misunderstandings that have transpired
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over the course of the past
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year as
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neighbors Ethiopia and Somalia have
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endured relations for
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centuries we are not only neighbors but
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brothers and sisters whose faiths have
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been Bound by
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Blood not only do Ethiopians in somalis
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share common history language and
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culture but we are also held together
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with the blood sacrifice that has been
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paid by thousands of Ethiopian soldiers
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in defense of the security of the state
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of Somalia from terrorist
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forces while I am very grateful for the
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efforts of many to facilitate
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discussions over the past
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year ours was never a case fit for third
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party intervention
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rather it was mean to be a family
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dialogue over the past 6
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years Ethiopia has asserted its
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commitment to Regional integration not
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only in words but in tangible
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needs I strongly
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believe as does my government that the
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growth in stability of the Horn of
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Africa regions is per permissed on
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Mutual
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development peace peace and grows is a
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shared dividend allow me to assert here
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again that Ethiopia's aspiration for
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secure and Rel reliable access to the
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sea is a peaceful Venture and one that
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would benefit all our
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neighbors with the growing youth
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population the demands for our economy
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warrants such access enabling this
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economic dynamism and grows it done a
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positive
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undertaking with and enable positive
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spillover effects to the wider horn
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region hence a venture that must be met
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in the spirit of cooperation and not
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suspicion I believe that today's
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constructive discussions will push us
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into a new year with this Spirit of
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cooperation friendship and the
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willingness to work together and instead
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of against each other once again I thank
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president T erogan and the people of
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turkey as well as his Excellency Hassan
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shik for convening this meeting also for
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concluding in a win-win approach I thank
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you
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and I also thank my brother AB
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Ahmed and also in the same way I thank
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she
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mm and of course with the meeting that
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we held today here
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especially
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Ethiopia's uh connection to the Sea
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there their requests their will to uh
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reaching to the Sea hopefully in the
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first meeting after the first meeting
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that we held we are going to continue
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holding meetings
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and uh with my brother she
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mahmud's uh
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required support we believe that if they
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will also support their request on
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reaching the sea this world is enough
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for us
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and all of us hopefully we are going to
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take our places here and the steps will
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be taken hopefully
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together uh this and this is uh how I
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think about this
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situation
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and this will be the
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end
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because my brother
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Ahmed is going to
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set course at once he has a 5.5 hours of
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Journey and my sh Mahmud brother will be
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here he is going to stay for two more
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days and for that
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reason our
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guests and
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their needs are um of course taken after
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we thank you this was a nice meeting
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that just
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concluded thank
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you thank
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you all right you've just been listening
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there to the Turkish president Reb T
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erdogan accompanied by the president of
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Somalia Hassan Shah Mahmud and also the
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prime minister of Ethiopia ABI Ahmed the
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three gentlemen there on your screens
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they have um broken or turkey has broken
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a landmark agreement