{"id":2902,"date":"2026-09-17T11:46:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T11:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/?p=2902"},"modified":"2026-09-17T11:46:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T11:46:35","slug":"diplomatic-compromise-key-to-securing-red-sea-access-say-ethiopian-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/diplomatic-compromise-key-to-securing-red-sea-access-say-ethiopian-researchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Diplomatic compromise key to securing Red Sea access, say Ethiopian researchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Addis Ababa (AMECO) &#8211;<em><strong> Ethiopian researchers and political figures are advocating a reciprocal diplomatic strategy to secure sea access, framing the maritime debate as an opportunity for regional economic integration rather than political conflict.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">Speaking at a symposium titled <i data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"31\">Ethiopia\u2019s Sea Outlet Issue through Academic Lenses<\/i>, hosted by the Addis Ababa Leadership Academy, Dr Tassew Gebre, the academy\u2019s president, said securing maritime access must be approached as a mechanism for shared regional growth rather than routine political dispute. He called on academics to generate evidence-based proposals to help policymakers forge mutually beneficial solutions.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">Ambassador Dina Mufti, a member of the House of Peoples\u2019 Representatives, urged researchers to actively propose diplomatic compromises based on &#8220;give-and-take&#8221; principles. He called for the public unity demonstrated during the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam to be replicated in pursuit of a negotiated maritime agreement, emphasizing that a peaceful resolution is essential for trade, logistics, and regional security.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">Panellists at the forum highlighted Ethiopia\u2019s historical ties to the Red Sea, arguing that academic research must guide diplomatic options to secure access through international law and bilateral cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addis Ababa (AMECO) &#8211; Ethiopian researchers and political figures are advocating a reciprocal diplomatic strategy to secure sea access, framing the maritime debate as an opportunity for regional economic integration rather than political conflict. Speaking at a symposium titled Ethiopia\u2019s Sea Outlet Issue through Academic Lenses, hosted by the Addis Ababa Leadership Academy, Dr Tassew [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[1407,78,1405,51],"class_list":["post-2902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2905,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902\/revisions\/2905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2902"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}