Ethiopia: My way or East Africa will be on fire
24
Dec 2004, EDNews - Recognizing that its recent manipulations to destroy the
Algiers peace accord have failed to win the support of major powers, or any
other power for that mater, Ethiopia today threatened to destabilize the whole
East Africa should its 5-point sham plan for peace with Eritrea fail. In a
report posted at the Ethiopian new agency ENA website, the statement of the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia said: “. refraining to accept the new
peace proposal on the part of the Eritrean government would lead the two
countries to unwanted situations which it said would also be a threat to the
peace and stability of east Africa”. And that is coming from a country that
owes every aspect of its existence as a nation to the massive patronage of the
international community. Following is the text of the report:
Addis
Ababa, 24 Dec 2004: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed the need that
Eritreans in and out of the country should make pressure on their government to
accept Ethiopia's five-point new peace initiative proposed by the Ethiopian
government to resolve the Ethiopian-Eritrean border dispute.
In
its news letter issued in December 2004, the ministry said the Eritrean
government should understand that the border dispute between the two countries
would only be solved through peaceful means. It said the new peace proposal
invites the Eritrean government to enter into negotiation to resolve the
dispute peacefully.
The
ministry said refraining to accept the new peace proposal on the part of the
Eritrean government would lead the two countries to unwanted situations which
it said would also be a threat to the peace and stability of east Africa. It
said Ethiopia has repeatedly confirmed that it would not go to war unless
obliged to do so, as democracy and development are the two top most agendas for
Ethiopia now. It said Ethiopia believes that the dispute could be resolved
through peaceful means and the principle of give-and-take.
Source: ENA web
site, Addis Ababa, in English 24 Dec 04