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Eritrea tyrant admits Djibouti border fire, commits to pacific closure

25 June 2008 (EritreaDaily)-- Counter to prior adamant weeks long denial and blunt dismissal of any problem between Eritrea and Djibouti as 'fabrication', Eritrea tyrant, via his surrogate at the UN, Araya Desta, finally admitted to military confronter with Djibouti and also assured the Security Council that he will exercise restraint and "remains politically committed to solve peacefully any problem that might arise between Djibouti and Eritrea”, equally counter to prior persistent rejection and spurning of a chorus of international calls for peaceful resolution via dialogue of whatever is between the two countries. Nevertheless, in and of itself that is good news to Eritrea in particular and the Horn region in general. There is no better option.

Appearing before the UN Security Council's hearing on Dijibouti and Eritrea conflict held yesterday 24 June 2008, Araya Desta recounted in plain and simple English how it all happened, yes it did happen despite the adamant negations of the convoluted mind set and cross-wired cerebral circuit of Eritrea tyrant Afawarki as follows:

“On June 10^th , this month, the government of Djibouti was pushed (reflective of schizophrenic paranoia) to launch a provocative military attack on our units in the border schizo. The attack by Djibouti started at 7:00 PM and continued on 11^th of June. To avoid the attack, Eritrea pulled back its forces.

On 12^th of June, Djibouti again continued its attacks. This time accompanied by helicopters. At this time, Eritrea reiterated(voice not clearly audible) and defended itself (starts at Clip position 31:41 of video below).

I also wish to draw the attention of the Council to Eritrea's commitment that it will exercise restraint and remain politically committed to solve peacefully any problem that might arise between Djibouti and Eritrea. (starts at Clip position35:01 of video below)”S

Though Araya Desta re-stated that the Presidential Statement that the UN Security Council adopted was “appalling”, “unbalanced”, and “unwarranted”, all 15 members of the Council, including Libya, “called for respect for the Security Council presidential statement of 12 June -- in which the 15-member body had condemned Eritrea’s military action against Djibouti, and through which both parties were called on to commit to a ceasefire.” These Araya Desta's remarks in front of the Security Council are not discernible in what is posted on state-run website as “Speech by Eritrean Permanent Mission to the United Nations”.

Members of the Security Council this afternoon urged the withdrawal of Eritrean and Djiboutian troops from a disputed area in Ras Doumeira on the Red Sea coast and called for dialogue between the two Horn of African countries to avert further escalation of the border crisis that had flared this month.

Archived Video Clip of the entire UNSC hearing on Djibouti/eritrea

Summary of speeches ADDRESSING SECURITY COUNCIL 24 June 2008

Reported by Berhane M Tekeste

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