When Abiy Ahmed Ali landed in Baku on February 26 for a two-day official visit, the optics were carefully choreographed: an honour guard at Heydar Aliyev International Airport, meetings with senior Azerbaijani officials and, the following day, extended talks with President Ilham Aliyev. Behind the ceremony lay a more strategic ambition. Azerbaijan and Ethiopia — two mid-sized states with outsized regional aspirations — are attempti...

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