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"Neither today nor tomorrow."

Oct 21 , 2023.

Alexis Mohamed, a senior advisor to Djibouti’s President Ismael O. Guelleh, told Bloomberg News that his country’s territorial integrity could not be questionable. He was responding to questions appeals by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, to get direct access to the sea.


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