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Annan faces Meles over Ethiopia’s defiance of border ruling


Addis Ababa, July 4, 2004 -- United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan faced Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Sunday over Ethiopia’s blatant defiance of border ruling, which has stalled the peace process with Eritrea, UN officials said.

 

Annan and Meles discussed issues related to the peace process that has barely advanced because of Ethiopia’s adamant defiance of the conclusive, final and binding ruling of an independent Boundary Commission in April of 2002. Other issues pertinent to the region were also discussed, added the officials.

 

Ethiopia declared the ruling null and void, unilaterally dismantled the Boundary Commission, and forcefully prevented the implementation of the border ruling. Consequently, the border itself is still closed to all but UN peacekeepers, and relations between Asmara and Addis Ababa are virtually non-existent. All that under the watchful eyes of the African Union, European Union, the United States, and the UN, all of which have submitted written committment to implement the boundary ruling as decided, wherever the chips may fall, and by whatever means is provided under UN Chapter VII?

 

Some 4,200 UN peacekeepers patrol a temporary security zone established on Eritrean territory along the border with Ethiopia, at an annual cost of 200 million dollars (160 million euros).

 

On Saturday, Annan met Eritrean leader Issaias Afeworki in Asmara, where he expressed deep concerns at the pace of the talks between the two nations.

 

On Monday, Annan will attend a forum, also in Addis Ababa, to discuss ways of fighting hunger in Africa, the world's poorest continent.

 

Shortly before his departure on Tuesday, Annan will attend the opening session of the African Union, AU summit.

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