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Eritrean officials visit Ethiopia for first time in 20 years

Ethiopia's PM Abiy Ahmed, left, greets Eritrea's Foreign Minister Osman Saleh. [Photo: AFP]

The first high-level Eritrean delegation to visit Ethiopia in decades has arrived for a meeting which could ease military tension.

Eritrea won independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a 30-year conflict - but a border war five years later killed tens of thousands.

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