Peacebuilding and Mediation Effortspeace process
0.13Strengthened60% impact weight
Formally ended a 20-year interstate state of war, a strong peacebuilding outcome.
policyverifiedconfidence: high
Eritrea and Ethiopia sign Joint Declaration of Peace and Friendship (2018)
On 9 July 2018 Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki signed a five-point Joint Declaration of Peace and Friendship in Asmara, declaring that the state of war between the two countries had ended and reopening diplomatic, transport and trade links after two decades of hostility.
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On 9 July 2018 Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki signed a five-point Joint Declaration of Peace and Friendship in Asmara, declaring that the state of war between the two countries had ended and reopening diplomatic, transport and trade links after two decades of hostility.
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Armed-Conflict Intensityconflict dynamics
0.87Weakened50% impact weight
The declaration formally ended the Ethiopia-Eritrea interstate state of war and began normalization, weakening that interstate conflict at signing. This does not claim durable regional peace or cover later conflicts.
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