Press Statement - Tuesday 14th March 2006

Foreign Ministry Press Statement on Border Talks

 

The following Press Statement was released yesterday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Addis Ababa.

 

Press Statement
 
Ethiopia took part in a meeting in London on 10th March 2006 convened by the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC).  Ethiopia took part in the meeting with the conviction that it was consistent with its Five Point Peace Proposal of November 2004, which was welcomed by the International community, including by the United Nations Security Council.  We are convinced that Ethiopia's peace proposal is the most realistic road map for peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea and the sole approach for success, both with respect to the successful demarcation of the boundary and for normalisation of relations between the two countries.
 
Ethiopia will continue to take part in future meetings convened by the EEBC in this same spirit, and in good faith, as long as these meetings are consistent with Ethiopia's Five Point Peace Proposal 
 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
March 13, 2006
 

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