Saudi Arabia: King Salman hosts Eritrea-Ethiopia peace summit


Issue 1066 - 21 Sep 2018 | 1 minute read

King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud adopted the role of peacemaker on 16 September, hosting Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali at the at Al-Salam palace in Jeddah. The two African leaders signed the Jeddah Agreement for Peace in front of a huge portrait of the Saudi monarch, as both King Salman and his son Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman watched on. The details of the agreement were not revealed. The signatories were then each presented with the King Abdulaziz Necklace.

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