Reuters Staff
JUNE 20, 2018 / 8:39 AM
ADDIS ABABA, June 20 (Reuters) - Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki is dispatching a delegation to Addis Ababa for “constructive engagement” with Ethiopia after peace overtures from its new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a senior Eritrean diplomat said on Wednesday.
Eritrean ambassador to Japan Estifanos Afeworki said on Twitter that Isais had made the announcement on Wednesday of the potentially significant break-through in one of Africa’s most protracted conflicts. He gave no further details.
(Reporting by Ed Cropley and Aaron Maasho Editing by)