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| Africa: Horn |
| Eritrea President: Conflict is Ethiopia's Fault |
| 2005-11-23 |
| From Eritrea's Ministry of Information. EFL President Isaias Afwerki underlined that statements about the resumption of imminent war between Eritrea and Ethiopian are the invention of the TPLF [Tigrayan People's Liberation Front; once a liberation front and later a political party with a potent army, now supposedly shares rule of Ethiopia]. The President elaborated that in a bid to escape from the current internal crisis it is facing, the TPLF regime is resorting to war as an alternative. Noting that the [UN] Security Council is duty bound to implement the Boundary Commission's ruling and as such it has no other authority, the President underscored that the failure of the Council over the past three and half years to live up to its responsibility has no legal, political or moral justification at all. President Isaias further underlined that in the event such a situation remains unchanged, the Security Council bears full responsibility for any ensuing consequences. Stating that Eritrea had demonstrated sufficient patience over the past three and half years with all the attendant sacrifices and disadvantages, the President nonetheless pointed out that this patience cannot continue for an indefinite time. "In view of the fact that sovereign Eritrean territory is still under foreign occupation, its right of self-defence is legally and morally ensured under the UN Charter," he underlined. |
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