Amhara regional governor Yilkal Kefale and Tigray’s interim leader, Getachew Reda, made the pledge during talks in Amhara's capital, Bahir Dar.

Mr Getachew led a Tigrayan delegation to the Amhara region for the first time since a deadly civil war erupted in northern Ethiopia in November 2020.

The war ended in a peace deal last November.

The two leaders said they would work towards re-opening road transport between Tigray and Amhara, which offers the shortest route between Tigray and Addis Ababa.

Currently, road travel between Addis Ababa and Tigray is primarily through the north-eastern Afar region, which is longer and costlier.

However, the two leaders did not address the thorny issue of land disputes between their two regions.