Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says he has engaged partners, including Russia, to mediate his country’s Red Sea access dispute with Eritrea Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has requested international mediation to defuse escalating tensions with neighboring Eritrea over access to the Red Sea. In a parliamentary address on Tuesday, Abiy said he had already held discussions with China, Russia, the US, the African Union, and the European Union and formally asked the actors to mediate a “lasting