Al-Monitor published on 9 June 2021 an article titled "Ethiopia's Plan to Build Red Sea Military Bases Fuels Tension with Egypt" by Ahmed Gomaa.
Ethiopian spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dina Mufti, said on 2 June 2021 that landlocked Ethiopia is determined to build military bases in the Red Sea.
If this is the intention of Ethiopia, it is not clear where the bases would be built. Possibly Ethiopia's current alliance with Eritrea would provide an opportunity. Djibouti is another possibility. The bigger question is what is the point.
