Ahmed further noted that the imminent 2020 "will be a year to lay foundation to bring prosperity to the peoples of Ethiopia and Eritrea as well as to the whole East African region."
Afwerki and his high-level delegation's visit to Ethiopia came as the two Horn of Africa countries over the past year embarked on bilateral efforts to normalize ties as the long-time rivalry among the two neighboring nations ended after a series of events that started soon after Ahmed's appointment as Ethiopia's prime minister back in April last year.
Recent positive developments in the two countries' relations are considered a new beginning since the two countries' bloody border war from 1998-2000, which killed an estimated 70,000 people from both sides. The war was ended by a December 2000 Algiers peace agreement, but it left the two countries in a state of bitter armed standoff for two decades.
After 20 years of hostility, Ethiopia and Eritrea resumed diplomatic relations last year, mainly following the Ethiopian PM Ahmed's landmark visit to the Red Sea nation in July in 2018, and a week after, Eritrea's Afwerki paid a courtesy visit to Ethiopia.
Amid the easing tensions, telecom services between the two countries have resumed, embassies resumed diplomatic relations, and agreements were made to strengthen bilateral ties. The two countries' flag carriers - Ethiopian Airlines and Eritrean Airlines - have also started flights to Asmara and Addis Ababa, respectively.
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