Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said he met Sudan's coup leader Abdel Fattah al Burhan in Nairobi and that both committed to "dialogue" to resolve any differences. Their talks follow a clash in a volatile border region last month in which Khartoum said that Ethiopian forces had captured and killed Sudanese troops — claims denied by Addis Ababa. "We have both agreed that our two countries have plenty of collaborative elements to work on peacefully'', Abiy said in a Twitter post, accompanied by a picture of the two men.
"Our common bonds surpass any divisions. We both made a commitment for dialogue & peaceful resolution to outstanding issues'', he wrote.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of a meeting of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a seven-country regional body.
Burhan said the IGAD meeting gave them an opportunity "to take stock of the response" to challenges in the region, but he did not elaborate.
— AFP
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