[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- This article provides a comprehensive rebuttal to Hassan Yusuf's opinion piece, "Ethiopia's Maritime Dilemma: Why MoU with Somaliland Risks Diplomatic Fallout, Undermines Regional Stability," which critiques the Ethiopia-Somaliland Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Yusuf argues that the MoU violates Somalia's sovereignty, isolates Ethiopia diplomatically, destabilizes the region, and is economically unfeasible. However, this rebuttal contends that Yusuf's claims are based on a misinterpretation of