Ethiopias prime minister Abiy Ahmed was warmly greeted by Eritreas President Isaias Afwerki in the capital Asmara on Sunday at the start of a meeting to repair relations between the neighbours.
Eritrean state television showed footage of the two men embracing while Abiy's chief of staff, Fitsum Arega, tweeted photographs saying, "The visit offers a spectacular opportunity to decidedly move forward peace for the good of our people."