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of pulses. As mentioned in the GPC's interview with Sefa Mohammed earlier this year, the majority of Ethiopia's exported pulses go by train to the port of Djibouti – a neighboring coastal country alongside Somalia and Somaliland. The latter's independence from Somalia has not been recognised internationally, but is now hoping to provide a new shipping outlet for the east of Ethiopia. Ethiopia is also keen, but Somalia's government is not. The Turkish government has had to become a mediator between Ethiopia and Somalia, after the latter's rejection of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Ethiopia and Somaliland for use of the Berbera Port and the lease of a 20 km stretch of the Somaliland coastline in exchange for recognition of their independence.
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