The position of Ali Mousa as the tripoint between Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti is not the result of an agreement between the three countries. In December 1948 the British administering Eritrea refused to attend a meeting with the other two parties to determine the exact location of their tripoint, set in a 1908 treaty as 60 km inland from the Red Sea.
The position of Ali Mousa as the meeting point between Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti is not the result of a mutually agreed-upon arrangement among the three nations. In December 1948, the British authorities overseeing Eritrea declined to participate in a gathering with the other two parties to pinpoint the precise location of their tripoint, as stipulated in a treaty dating back to 1908.