Analysis: UAE likely be building naval facility in Eritrea
Sea Platforms Jeremy Binnie, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly The United Arab Emirates (UAE) appears to be constructing a new port next to Assab International Airport in Eritrea, which could become its first permanent military base
Jeremy Binnie, London – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) appears to be constructing a new port next to Assab International Airport in Eritrea, which could become its first permanent military base in a foreign country.
Satellite imagery shows rapid progress has been made since work began sometime after September 2015. A square of coastline measuring about 250×250 m has already been excavated and dredged, while a pier and/or breakwater is being constructed and already extends over 700 m from the original coastline.
IHS Maritime & Trade data show that two vessels are currently working at the site. While neither have IMO numbers, one that has been at the site since 16 February is using the MMSI number 470331100 and the name Al Khatem .
Aman April 17, 2016
..lol…There is nothing wrong leasing land for military base. Look at Dijoubuti, i prefer to lease for more Middle eastern countries than see it concord by Ethiopua. So the Assab air space will be defended by lates SAM. REGARDLESS OF THE LEASE AMOUNT IT IS GOOD…ASAB is so remote and would be difficult to defend….
Teclay April 17, 2016
ንዝገበረልካ ወይ ግበረሉ ወይ ንገረሉ
ኣብቲ ካብ ነጻነት ንብ ባርነት ዝገብርናዮ ሽፍትነት ፣ኣሕዋትና ኣዕራብ ኩሉ ዓይነት ድገፍ ማለት ሞራላዊ ፣ንዋታዊ ፣ዲፕሎስያዊ፣ወተሃደራዊ ኣበርኪቶሙልና ።ብ ኣንጻሩ ኣቢሲንያ ፣ሃጸያዊት ኣመሪካ ፣ጽዮናዊት ኢስራኤል ካብቲ ብድልየትና ዝመረጽናዮ ባርነት ንኸተዓናቕፋና ብዙሕ ጻዕሪ ገይረን ፣ኣይሰለጠንን ።በዚ ድማ ንመጀመርያ ኣብ ዓለምና ፣ናይ ባርነት ሽፍቲነት ኣካይዱ ዝተዓወተ ህዝቢ ኵና ኣሎና ።ንዝተሓባበሩና ስለ ዘይንርስዕ ድማ ፣ናይ ኩርማጅ መግረፍት ጥራይ ዘይኮነ እተን ኣምላኽ ብዘይ ቅያር ዝሀበና ከም ብዓል ኩሊት ፣ከብዲ ነሕዋትና ይዕራብ ነወፍየሎም።
ሕጂ ድማ እዚ ዓሰብ፣ባጽዕ እንቓዕ ድኣ ኣብስንያ ኣይተጠቐሙሉ እንበር ፣ንሕና ኣብ ዐለም ምሉእ ተሰዲድና ክነበር ስለ ዝተፈቐደልና ፣ኣሕዋትና ኣዕራብ ይውሰድዎ ንኹሉ ግዜ።
habtu April 18, 2016
agame sle zikonka kemu ysmeaka alo. not yet
you will see more. wediza kondaf hasad.
Tsehaye April 19, 2016
Dear Habtu,
I don’t see any difference between what Teclay said in his last sentence and what you said in your second sentence. Teclay said, “ኣሕዋትና ኣዕራብ ይውሰድዎ ንኹሉ ግዜ።” and you said, “not yet you will see more.” Teclay and you have the same conclusion that it is just the beginning.
The only difference I see between you and Teclay is that Teclay is an impeccable writer. His comment is flawless. He has the ability to convey his message with an incredible sense of humor. On the other hand, you are another tragic begot who is less smarter than the highland goat.
efrem yohanesz April 19, 2016
It is very shame to think like this. Ethiopians are more 1000% closer to us not the Arabs.
Arabs are nothing to us! and never supported us!
Weddi Kebessa April 17, 2016
Who told to that one who inviting Ethiopian regime to bomp The idiot Emirate’s construction in Asaab has not doing the same things done by an idiot Eritrean regime y.You do not know the all the two regimes are selling their people and countries .In Ethiopia American’s mulitary bases and Emirates paying in that huge dam building in Ethiopia .anyway the agreement between between Emirate and EEritrean regime is not oblige Eritrean people because the Eritrean regime is not elected from the Eritrean people
Teqera April 17, 2016
No sane Eritrean or any African thinks the coward Arab Saudis and any of their trembling servant Gulf Arabs who can not save their own asses would save Eritrea from any real or imagined attacks.
As soon as a single artillery or rocket or a bomb explodes around the port, from anywhere, as usual the Arabs will abandon the Arab-slave regime in Eritrea with the Arabs running like dogs with their tail between their legs.
An Arab from Saudi Arabia comes to your house only to rape your sisters, steal a kidney, burn a language and history, to burn religions, kill the men and take the women as concubines and occupy the land.
Only a nave slave or an opportunist Arab-Romantic would deny this fact written all over in the Arabian Peninsula.
AHMED SALEH !!! April 18, 2016
Ghedli Eritrea haters call us Ghedli-romantics .
Disoriented minds with social phobia call us Arab-romantics.
Does it take a genius to identify source of the message and
motives behind their sickness ?
What is their purpose to honey-coat Ethiopia while blackmail Eritrea ?
Are we dealing with opposition wanna be elements hidden agenda in our circle that look dangerous than PFDJ cronies or could it be the work
of 03 intelligence mission ?
Why ASSENNA moderators couldn’t take action to silence guide line violators who seek provocative engagements in our forum ?
Is it our fault to say they don’t sound Eritreans but Tigrigna speakers
from south border ?
Do we forgot all spewed negatives against Eritreans in all aspects of
our country social and political affair in this forum ?
How can we trust people with reputation to conceal using multiple pen names ? For what ?
We react when dishonesty appeared regardless the outcome because we are
capable to detect cracks and make up our own minds .
Some people are despicable liars who luck morality and shameless to
build legacy of deceit.
H.WADI ERI April 18, 2016
HI Teqera
From your words , seems you hate the Arabs this is the your complexity …this is normal thing you love someone and hate other. The tiny words you used that the coward Arab Saudi ..etc. and went so deep ” An Arab from SAUDI ARABIA comes to your house only to rape your sisters, steal kidney, burn language and history. From these lines I have come to understand that your sick personality . I would like to ask you one question ? why this Arab man rape your sister… as if your honey Eritrea is heaven and their ladies are angles…..I am sorry , but you compelledd me to say that. Simply ,the Arabic person or any visitor doesn’t need to such action since your Asmara streets full of bars ….etc. Better to keep it secret from this media.
Funnyman April 18, 2016
Assena why do not let me say my point of view? You let your stupid , ingnorant and racist Christian people say any thing they want againest Muslims but you block my point of view many times. That’s why the Muslim Eritrean do not want to contribut to your Webb sit.
Massawa April 18, 2016
Since when did condemning injustice, murder, rape, beheading, forcible religious conversion, organ harvest, torture, hot iron branding, occupation of Eritrean ports, sex slavery … all these crimes and more committed on Arab jails, by Arab police, Arab doctors, Bedouin-Rashayda alliance, the Islamic State ISIS … considered to be “racism”?
This issue is not about “muslims” as you said, it is about horrible crimes committed on Eritreans and many Africans like us by Arabs, including to Muslims of Darfur.
Only people who suffer from mental slavery would defend the Arab crimes committed and inflicted on many poor Eritreans.
abbysinia April 18, 2016
Letting a sovereign land for a alien state to build a military base in fragile geopolitics region is a recipe for huge disaster. By any means, this adventure should be reversed.
Massawa April 18, 2016
Since when did condemning injustice, murder, rape, beheading, forcible religious conversion, organ harvest, torture, hot iron branding, occupation of Eritrean ports, sex slavery … all these crimes and more committed on Arab jails, by Arab police, Arab doctors, Bedouin-Rashayda alliance, the barbaric Islamic-State ISIS considered to be “racism” ?
This issue is not about “muslims” as you said, it is about horrible crimes committed on Eritreans and many Africans like us by Arabs, including to Muslims of Darfur.
Only people who suffer from mental slavery would defend the Arab crimes committed and inflicted on many poor Eritreans.
AHMED SALEH !!! April 18, 2016
Mr. Dozens pen names , ZIAKHLEN TIHINEN BEALE MARYAM YIBLA.
You can say what ever you want to say defensively . But the forum
experienced provocative comments strange to Eritrean ears from your
comments . In fact it is not false to say you are definitely the person of interest in that case . Nothing personal just speaking the truth based
in my observation . I care less from usual beaten with insults anyway .
Name calling , degrading Eritrean struggle legacy , theories of mistrust
and division , promoting ethnically insulated destructive rhetoric was
this forum witnessed from your alike corrupted minds contributions .
I won’t ask why since it became clear whom it belongs to . And I learned
to control my composure than let down myself into their level. Wedehanka!
( Ainey nibeat kitikoxer nisom kuda teraiyuom shenkortet kiblu ,GHRM.
Zeray April 18, 2016
Mr.Issayas failed policy diplomacy shows up again.
1. Eritrea is a country and the people should have a say on this deal.
2. It is okay to lease or sub-lease provided there is income stream that benefit the people. But here obviously no one knows where the money is going. We Eritreans don’t have access to know anything.
3. Eritreans labor is what will construct the pier and all the development, but from what we know from the Canadian investor Nevusen they are getting pure gold, and our Eritrean workers are getting pure dirt.
4. Eritreans in Saudi Arabia as in their country have no rights. If Issayas was human and smart he would have negotiated Eritrean rights in Saudi. But to him Eritreans do not matter.
One good thing though- what ever assets are build by Eritrean sweats will remain in Eritrea for future generations. Infrastructure benefits the future more than the present.
Teclay April 19, 2016
Ato Zeray
“One good thing though- what ever assets are build by Eritrean sweats will remain in Eritrea for future generations.”
About which future generations are you talking ? are you serious???ምዓስ ኢና ካብ ሕልሚ ንባራበር ን50 ዓመት ዝሓልም ሰብ ኣሎ ድዩ ???
እዞም ብ ኩርማጅ ረሳሕ ድሑር ዓረብ እናተገርፉ ንኤውሮፓ ዝውሕዙ ዘለዉ ዶ ኣይኮኑን future generations.
እዞም ንቕያር ብሽኮር ዝመሽመሸ ፣ውሽጣዊ ኣካላት ረሳሕ ድሑር ዓረብ ክኾኑ ዝጉይሑ ዘለዉ ዶ ኣይኮኑን future generations.
እዞም ናብቲ ኣቦታቶም ፈንፊኖሞም ፣ኣእዱግ ኢኹም ዝበልዎም ኢትዮጵያ ዝውሕዙ ዘለዉ ዶ ኣይኮኑን future generations.
And again a politician is not a priest.So ,stop blaming Mr.Isaias blame you self .If Isaias cheated you for 50 years,it is i and you to blame .So ,our brain is not mature ,we should not consider our selves as human being but animals .