Djibouti remains committed to good neighborly relations with Ethiopia: Foreign minister

By Mohammed Dhaysane

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) - Djibouti Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said Wednesday that his government is committed to good neighborly relations and follows the situation unfolding in the "sisterly country" of Ethiopia.

Youssouf said on Twitter that it is up to the Ethiopian government and its people to resolve their internal affairs, referring to the current conflict between the government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).

"The government of Djibouti has always avoided interfering in the internal affairs of other countries in particular in those of the neighboring and brotherly countries,” said Youssouf

Djibouti, which borders Somalia in the south and the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in the east, is a small country in the Horn of Africa.

Ethiopia declared a state of emergency last week as the TPLF made military gains in the Amhara region, adjacent to the Tigray region.

The TPLF said it had controlled the strategic cities of Disi and Kombolcha in the northern state of Amhara.

Millions have been internally displaced due to the conflict, according to the UN, which warned of a humanitarian catastrophe.