‘Mutual decision’: US shuts down drone base at Ethiopia’s ‘request’

‘US Air Force drone operations from Ethiopia are “not required at this time” and have been ceased at the request of Addis Ababa, Washington officials have confirmed, insisting that the unexpected base shutdown was a “mutual decision.”

The news of the base closure in Arba Minch, 450 kilometers (280 miles) south of Addis Ababa, has been confirmed by US diplomats who said the cessation of US surveillance activities from the base was a “mutual decision.”

“This was done upon request by the Ethiopian government,” government spokesman Getachew Reda told Reuters on Wednesday. “In the first place, this was a project with a limited timespan and both governments had long prepared themselves for this eventuality,” he added without elaborating on details.’

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