Eritrean president to visit Ethiopia

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki will visit neighbouring Ethiopia on Saturday, the country's information minister has tweeted.

Yemane Meskel said the president will lead a delagation to "cement... the joint march for peace and cooperation".

It comes after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed made an historic visit to Eritrea last weekend, where the leaders signed a declaration ending the state of war between the two countries.

Ethiopia and Eritrea fought a bitter war over territory between 1998 and 2000.

After taking office in April Mr Abiy agreed to comply with a ruling of a border commission to hand over the disputed territories.

During the Eritrea visit, the two nations also agreed to re-establish trade and diplomatic ties.

An aide to the Ethiopian prime minister tweeted that the Eritrean leader will be in the country for three days, he added: "We thank HE President Isaias for honoring us with a visit & we welcome him warmly!".

Over the next few days bus services between the two countries will resume, and next week Ethiopian Airlines will operate its first commercial flight to Asmara since the war broke out in 1998.