MOGADISHU, Feb 26, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will visit Somalia for talks with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Thursday, Somali presidential sources told AFP, as they seek to build on a fragile reconciliation.

Tension between the two countries mounted last year after Ethiopia struck a deal with the Somali breakaway region of Somaliland to gain access to the sea.

But they announced a full restoration of diplomatic ties in January following a peace deal mediated by Turkey the previous month.

"A high-profile delegation from Ethiopia led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is expected in Mogadishu tomorrow," a source in the presidential palace told AFP on Wednesday on condition of anonymity.

"This is part of a broader effort to complete and implement the Ankara agreement," he added, referring to the peace deal struck in the Turkish capital.

Somaliland said the January 2024 deal with Ethiopia would have led to Addis Ababa recognising its independence -- though that was never confirmed -- in exchange for a long-desired naval base for the land-locked nation.

Mogadishu was furious over the deal and withdrew its ambassador from Ethiopia.

Following the rapprochement, the fate of Ethiopia's deal with Somaliland remains uncertain.