Sudan Accepts Turkey’s Mediation Over Border Disputes with Ethiopia

Sudan accepted a mediation offer from Turkey to solve the border disputes with Ethiopia, a Sudanese official announced on Sept. 18.

“During the visit of Sudan’s head of Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to Turkey last month, he accepted an initiative from the Turkish leadership to solve the border disputes with Ethiopia,” Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi told a news conference in Khartoum.

She further stressed that the North African country is keen to improve its ties with Turkey in different areas, including the political and economic fronts.