{"id":456743,"date":"2026-02-17T14:07:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=456743"},"modified":"2026-02-17T15:05:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T12:05:31","slug":"turkish-president-erdogan-visits-ethiopia-to-strengthen-africa-ties-reaffirms-support-for-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/turkish-president-erdogan-visits-ethiopia-to-strengthen-africa-ties-reaffirms-support-for-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish President Erdo\u011fan Visits Ethiopia to Strengthen Africa Ties, Reaffirms Support for Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Addis Ababa, SONNA \u2013<\/strong> Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan is on an official visit to Addis Ababa today, aimed at boosting Ankara\u2019s bilateral relations with African nations.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit, President Erdo\u011fan and his delegation are scheduled to meet with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, with agreements expected to be signed and a joint press conference to follow, according to Turkey\u2019s state-run Anadolu news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish media reports, including the Daily Sabah, noted that an earlier planned one-day visit to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, was canceled. The trip is part of President Erdo\u011fan\u2019s broader diplomatic efforts to stabilize the region and enhance Ankara\u2019s engagement with Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The reports highlighted that during his engagements, President Erdo\u011fan will address the importance of protecting Somalia\u2019s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and unity. This comes after his visits to Egypt and Saudi Arabia earlier this month, reflecting Ankara\u2019s continued diplomatic outreach across the region.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addis Ababa, SONNA \u2013 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan is on an official visit to Addis Ababa today, aimed at boosting Ankara\u2019s bilateral relations with African nations. During his visit, President Erdo\u011fan and his delegation are scheduled to meet with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, with agreements expected to be signed and a joint press [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":456744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-456743","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456743"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":456749,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456743\/revisions\/456749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}