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Ethiopia 's deputy permanent representative to the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa , Nebiyu Tedla , criticized the comments from Somalia 's foreign affairs.
Relations between the two countries have been warming up during the last three decades as Ethiopia hosted reconciliation conferences and sent troops to help successive Somali governments.
Relations turned sour when Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed a memorandum of understanding ( MOU ) with the president of the self-declared, breakaway republic of Somaliland .