Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (in glasses) is welcomed by Eritrea's President Isaias Afeworki in Asmara on July 8, 2018 at the start of a meeting to repair relations between the neighbours. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The East African regional bloc, the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (Igad) has commended the ongoing rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Igad, in a statement, expressed its support for the peace initiative to end two decades of bitter rivalry between the two countries that were once a single state.
