The development occurred against the background of escalation of diplomatic tensions between the two countries.
SONNA reported on Thursday that Somalia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation had ordered the Ethiopian ambassador to Somalia to depart the country within 72 hours, adding that such action follows a resolution by Somalia's Council of Ministers and is a direct response to Ethiopia’s recent actions.
Somalia has also ordered the closure of Ethiopian consulates located in the city of Hargeisa in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland and the city of Garowe in the country's autonomous state of Puntland within seven days, SONNA reported.
In addition, Somalia has summoned its ambassador to Addis Ababa back to Somalia for comprehensive consultations, the report said.
The report cited a Somali official as saying that these measures are crucial to safeguarding Somalia’s independence, unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity and send a clear signal against foreign interference in the country's affairs.
Somali news portal Garowe Online reported Thursday that both Somaliland and Puntland have refused to comply with Mogadishu's order to close Ethiopian consulates.
The report cited Somaliland's deputy foreign minister Rhoda Elmisaid and the Puntland government's information minister Mohamud Aydid Dirir as saying in separate statements that Mogadishu's order would be ignored.
Somalia collapsed as a unified nation in 1991 with the downfall of Siad Barre's dictatorship. The international community has recognized the Mogadishu-based federal government as the only legitimate authority in Somalia, while chunks of the country in the north and east remain under the control of self-proclaimed and unrecognized Somaliland and Puntland.