update · Ethiopian Threats and Territorial Claims Against Eritrea: The Public Record
Abiy describes Assab’s return as a matter of time
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By Mesob Journal Staff · Published
In an EBC interview ahead of the GERD inauguration, Abiy portrayed Ethiopia’s loss of Assab as a historical mistake that would be corrected. The Reporter’s 6 September account presented his expectation that control of the port would return.
BBC Monitoring dates his loss-and-correction statement to 1 September; The Reporter identifies the interview as taking place that week.
Source: The Reporter · Abraham Tekle
- Speaker / institution
- Abiy Ahmed · Prime Minister
- Record type
- Territorial claim
- Date basis
- 1 September 2025 · reported by The Reporter on 6 September

