Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jorgecandeias" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jorgecandeias</span></a></span></p><p>>> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Somaliland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Somaliland</span></a>'s coast is facing the southern coast of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yemen</span></a>, in the other side of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GulfOFAden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GulfOFAden</span></a>. The Red Sea starts further north, in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BabElMandeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BabElMandeb</span></a>.</p><p>Thanks! In <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MENA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MENA</span></a> politics, it is both. That's why <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HornOfAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HornOfAfrica</span></a> is a flashpoint while <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Houthi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Houthi</span></a> terrorize Red Sea shipping. </p><p>Ethiopia HAD access to Red Sea, but no more. But, you are right, I could have phrased this better: "gain access to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RedSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedSea</span></a> that Ethiopia lost when part of its own territory broke away as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Eritrea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eritrea</span></a>."</p>