Ethiopian Airlines Makes First Ethiopia-Eritrea Flight Since Border War Began in 1998

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July 18, 2018, at 3:35 a.m.

U.S. News & World Report
Ethiopian Airlines Makes First Ethiopia-Eritrea Flight Since Border War Began in 1998
Ethiopian Airlines staff prepare their plane as they resume flights to Eritrea's capital Asmara at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July 18, 2018.
   The first Ethiopian Airlines flight from Ethiopia to Eritrea in 20 years departed Addis Ababa early on Wednesday, marking the resumption of flights between the two neighbors who ended their “state of war” last week.

Since signing an agreement in Asmara on July 9 to restore ties, the leaders of Eritrea and Ethiopia have moved swiftly to implement concrete signs of a stunning rapprochement that has swept away two decades of hostility since conflict erupted over a disputed frontier in 1998.

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