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Eritrean president accuses Ethiopia
of creating illusive excuses President Isayas Afewerki last night returned to Asmara after
concluding a visit to Italy that started on 19 November. In a briefing he gave to reporters about his visit, President Isayas
Afewerki said meetings that had been going on with Italian partners and
investors to fulfil Eritrea's development programmes and to develop its
capacity to exploit its natural resources, had reached their final stage and
would be implemented in the next 12 months. President Isayas said investment
agreements had been signed on, among others, infrastructure, fishery,
construction of marble, boulder, cement and ceramic processing firms, and
development of tourist sites and irrigation projects to speed up agricultural
programmes. He said an agreement was also reached with an Italian construction
firm called Ital Country [phonetic] to alleviate the prevailing housing
problem in our country, as a continuation of the construction projects being
undertaken by Korean and Chinese [firms], adding that the project was already
being drafted. Regarding the diplomatic campaigns by the Eritrean government to
expose the weyane [Ethiopian] regime's deception to hinder the border
demarcation, President Isayas stated that the meetings had proved to be
fruitful in uncovering the truth. He affirmed that the Eritrean government
would tirelessly continue to carry out such political, diplomatic and legal
processes to expose the attempts by the weyane government to hoodwink the
international community by creating illusive excuses. Publication date: 2003-12-01 |