Ethiopian Airlines says will resume flights to Eritrea's capital July 17

Ethiopian Airlines said Tuesday it would resume flights to Eritrea's capital Asmara on July 17 for the first time in 20 years, a day after the neighbours and longtime foes declared their "state of war" over. In a historic deal Monday, the Horn of Africa neighbours agreed to open embassies, develop ports and resume flights, concrete signs of a rapprochement that has swept away two decades of hostility since war erupted over their disputed frontier in 1998. "With the opening of a new chapter of peace and friendship between the two sisterly countries, we look forward to starting flights to Asmara with the B787," the firm's Chief Executive Tewolde GebreMariam said, referring to a Boeing jet. Monday's announcement formally ended one of Africa's most intractable military stand-offs.<br/>