Ethiopia: 'We Lost It Ourselves' - Abiy Admits Internal Flaws Cost Ethiopia Red Sea

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has attributed the country's loss of Red Sea access to internal political fragmentation rather than external coercion. He emphasized that domestic divisions have historically allowed foreign actors to undermine Ethiopia's strategic interests.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has renewed his government's argument that Ethiopia's loss of direct access to the Red Sea was primarily the result of domestic political divisions rather than external coercion, saying the country became "a geographic prisoner" because of its own internal weaknesses.
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