Eritrea Leader to Revisit Ethiopia as Talks Turn to Rebels
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki will make his second trip to Ethiopia since the Horn of Africa nations declared peace in July, amid signs that Ethiopian rebels previously designated as terrorists will return home unarmed to
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki will make his second trip to Ethiopia since the Horn of Africa nations declared peace in July, amid signs that Ethiopian rebels previously designated as terrorists will return home unarmed to participate in politics.
Plans for Isaias’ visit were relayed by Nigusu Tilahun, the chief of communications for Ethiopia’s Amhara regional state, who didn’t give a date. The announcement comes after Amhara authorities signed a reconciliation agreement with the rebel Amhara Democratic Forces Movement this week in Eritrea, allowing the group to pursue political activities in Ethiopia after they disarm, Nigusu said in a statement.
It’s the latest step in a rapid rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea, who had been at odds since a 1998-2000 war that claimed as many as 100,000 lives and have each harbored rebels hostile to their neighbor. Ethiopia’s new prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, has backed a ruling politburo vow to establish multi-party democracy at home and in July made an historic visit to Eritrea in which the nations agreed on restoring diplomatic, telecommunications and transport links.
The Amhara agreement comes after talks in Eritrea last week between the Ethiopian government, Oromia regional state officials and the rebel Oromo Liberation Front on the latter operating freely in Ethiopia as an opposition party. OLF delegates arrived Tuesday in Ethiopia and will discuss unspecified issues on a newly formed committee with the government, the group said on its Facebook page.
Eritrean Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel has said the return home of Eritrea-based Ethiopian opposition groups is linked to a five-point peace declaration between the two countries. The agreement also means that Ethiopia shouldn’t host Eritrean opposition groups, he said.
“Under normal conditions of peace, if we have security agreements, the corollary is that one country would not host opposition elements of another country,” Yemane said late July in the capital, Asmara.
Eritrea’s government hasn’t offered to hold talks with Eritrean opposition groups based in Ethiopia. It isn’t “an issue at all for the people of this country,” presidential adviser Yemane Gebreab said earlier this month. “We’re focusing on creating the grounds here whereby all citizens can enjoy their rights.”
Bloomberg.com
(Updates with Eritrean government comments from penultimate paragraph.)
Hagherawi August 18, 2018
It isn’t “an issue at all for the people of this country,” presidential adviser Yemane Gebreab said earlier this month. “We’re focusing on creating the grounds here whereby all citizens can enjoy their rights.”
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The message is clear.
Internal peace is not on their agenda.
k.tewolde August 18, 2018
Hagerawi, just to reiterate your comment,HGDEF is the only people of Eritrea and they don’t mind,whatever the monkey and its pack leads them they will go even if it requires migrating and perching on the Semien mountains as long as there is plenty of berries to nibble.What a disgraceful statement.
AHMED SALEH !!! August 18, 2018
How come it will be an issue for Eritrean people since Issaias
said HGDF owns the
whole country ?
His blind supporters
have no idea except
to obey silently.
Asmara Eritrea August 20, 2018
This time Isaias should not be allowed to return to Eritrea ever again. He should stay where he belongs in his home country of Ethiopia. He is not one of us, hence why he is hell bent on destroying our country. Last time he was in Addis he gave Dr Abiy “responsibility for Eritrea”. What a F…. idiot!
We needed an army to liberate Eritrea from Ethiopia but we only need one brave Eritrean to liberate our country from Isaias. Our martyrs must be turning in their graves to see the country they liberate left with cowards.
There will never be peace in Ethiopia, Eritrean or indeed in the region until Isaias is 6 feet under. He is a man of violence and that’s all he understands.
Eritrea forever, death to dictatorship.
Teclay August 18, 2018
ነቒሉ ኢሱ ነቒሉ ፡ንዓደምሓራ ነቒሉ.
ኣምሓራ ከምይ ክቕበልዎ እዮም ? ኣዝዩ ብዘደንቕ ኣገባብ.
ኢሱ እንታይ ክስምዖ እዩ ==ßመጀመርያ ብሓጎስ ክሳራሰር እዩ።ጸኒሑ ግን ከስተማስል እዩ ።
ንዛ ግናይ መለስ ካብ ዝህባ ,ንምንታይ ባዕለይ ዘይሓዝክዋ ኢትዮጵያ ለምለም 1991 ክብል እዩ።ሕጅስ ዝይፍትን እንታይ ምይ ሓሊፍዎ ???
ብ 91 እንተዝሕውሳ ፣ባረዩ እንታይ ምበሉ ?? ዋላ ሓንቲ.
ሕጅኸ ባረዩ ክሳብ ዝምለስ እንታይ ክገብሩ እዮም ??ወንበሩ ከይትረስሕ ይሕልውሉ።
ኣብ ደገ ዘለዉ ምሁራት ባረዩ ኸ ??ልዕላውነት ተደፊሩ ይብሉ…===ናይዚኦም ምሀሮስ ምህሮና ኣይግበሮ።ናይ ምሁር ባርያ .
Danilo August 18, 2018
Teclay,እቲ ዝገደደ ናይ ሕልሚ ባርያ እዩ።ኢሱ ነታ ካብ ሂስተሪያኻ ዘይ ወጸት ማማ ኢትዮጲያ ክድምራ ዘይ ኮነ ፋሕ ፋሕ ከእትወላ እዩ ዝብገስ ዘሎ።ንሱ፡ብዘይካ ትግራይ ሃምን ቀልብን የብሉ።እንተ ኤርትራ’ም ዘበት!
Mesfin August 19, 2018
Brother Teclay,
Great observation and excellently put/expressed your fantastic views. God bless u bro.
My only wish and regret is that you could’ve remembered more kindly the great late man Meles!
But, the rest of your statement/comment is just beautiful especially about the muhurat denaKur.
Temesgen August 18, 2018
Ethiopia has replaced UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Israel as DIA’s safe and cheap hospital.
DIA is now getting all his medical needs as well as a free bed in Ethiopian hospitals.
In return, DIA has to give Assab port for free to Ethiopians. But, the doctors in the Ethiopian hospitals have to come from China or India, as there might be Tigrean doctors in the Ethio-hospitals and he doesn’t trust the Tegaru TPLFs.
Amanuel August 19, 2018
Kaba aymleso.
Goitom August 19, 2018
Temelisu kiKebreka’yu bidewika.
Mesfin August 19, 2018
Brother Goitom,
This so-called Amanuel/Abdurebi would be more like ‘endashene biKhofu kiQiber’yu.
Abrehaley Asheber August 19, 2018
Isaias Afwerki is dreaming, playing dirty politics, fooling and deception within himself.
Mesfin August 19, 2018
He has been fooling and deceiving you for almost 50 yrs, what’s new and where the hell have you been? It is you who is sadly day dreaming and hallucinating, wake up properly DIA is NOT dreaming.
Haregot August 19, 2018
The revival of the poor sick Eritrean people from its extended dormancy is long overdue.
It needs to rise up in order to restore its dignity and its rights for a just and democratic rule of its nation like Ethiopia. However, there is no hope left for the people of Eritrea to satisfy their hunger for justice, democracy and development from the evil mind set of PFDJ and the gutless vision-less non-existent Eritrean opportunist oppositions.
Hagherawi August 19, 2018
Dear K. Twelde
DIA is going to Amhara KilIil to strike a deal with politicians thère, to further isolate Wayane.
His stupid followers don’t care about the consequences this malicious manouvering can have on Eritrea.
By putting the Wayane in a corner he is only trying to delay normalizing relations with them, which gives him chance to keep Eritreans on war footing for indefinite period.
Seifu August 19, 2018
Arebawi TEGOMBAHI negis wahid,
Why don’t you just bloody mind your filthy Yemeni/Arab camel business?
Leave the Habesha Christian Tegaru/Eritrea business issues to real genuine
dekebat Eritreans/Tegaru Ethiopians. Isaiah Afeworki will soon mess up/screw the stupid hodam Amara and animal killers Oromo and would be reunited with his real Tegarubrothers and sisters. Watch my words, you are watching a double game being played on stupid/arrogant Amarasand Oromos. Last, get lost to your filthy Yemeni/Arabs.
Seifu August 19, 2018
Corrections: please read as Isaias and not Isaiah.
k.tewolde August 19, 2018
‘Isaiah Afeworki will soon mess up/screw the stupid hodam Amara and animal killers Oromo……..’ you ain’t kidding there,that was the goal he fell short achieving in 1992- taking the whole pie,instead to his utter disappointment he settled for a small piece up north,for this tyrant it never been about nationalism,freedom and justice but a personal insatiable quest for power and as his track record reveals,he will do anything-betray his brother,kill his comrade,ignite a war,shred the constitution,cozy up and cuddle with those who can break him off with few petro dollars to finance his repressive machine,last but not least sell the lives of innocent children to fight a proxy war with brotherly people who once were the lifeline of our revolution.Yes! he is prowling deep into the Amhara killil looking for someone who can help him in his personal adventure,you think he misses YPFDJ,that is his side show.Fact is, the deeper he ventures the tighter the choker gets like the dog leash.The political theater in Ethiopia is a different animal than the one he manufactured in our village.
Seifu August 19, 2018
I can’t and won’t believe it that is finding myself agreeing for the first time with a diKala ELF scam bag. But, you are right this evil DIA man did murder his own brother (Amanuel Afeworki) in Asmara in late 90s.
Goitom August 20, 2018
Brother Seifu, yes it is true that monster man eater Esayas Afecherki did have his own brother murdered by his assassin gangsters for being as embarrassment in Asmara after 1991. Poor Amanuel was kind of mental – very erratic – very unstable health wise.
Goitom August 20, 2018
not to forget his own brother Amanuel was much much younger.
kokhob August 20, 2018
k.tewolde,
How is it that you sound so expert of diablos Issayas Afework???
Did he also use you as his dog leash or in his political theater as a rat??? Do you now wish that if only you had stayed in your zombies/rats village shackled to an Afghan polonium trees.
Yihdego August 19, 2018
To strike a deal with politicians there, to further isolate Wayane.
What deal you talking about, Mr dreamer fake philosopher???????
No matter what wicked deals they achieve, they will never defeat Woyane/TPLF.
Woyanes/TPLFs are watching the amatuer game being played by cowboys.
k.tewolde August 20, 2018
“How is it that you sound so expert of diablos Issayas Afework???” …Kokhob in which spacial constellation do you live? the tyrants story doesn’t require expertise,the Eritrean people have been living and breathing it for the last 50+ years.Apparently you are one of his GMO’s.
kokhob August 20, 2018
I don’t fucking live in your weirdo Mars constellation, that’s for sure! Shall I repeat it for you?
Now, here are my other fucking questions to you which you purposely omitted/neglected!!!!
Did he {Issayas Afework – your tormentor boss} also use you as his dog leash or in his political theater as a rat? Do you now wish that if only you’d stayed in your zombie/rats village shackled to an Afghan polonium trees??? You may show off {in answering the above questions} with your best/advanced/sophisticated Churchill’s or Shakespeare’s English words – after all you are just a garbage show man/rat.
k.tewolde August 20, 2018
kokhob,you just twinkled yourself out,your language describes who you are,definitely not Shakespeare..
kokhob August 20, 2018
We thought you were the one with the fake Churchill’s and Shakespeare’s acts – of impressing/fooling gullible readers with your so-called advanced knowledge “rats acts”!!!!! I t was definitely not me with the Shakespeare language acts! But, we do understand you trying to sparkle some meaning or excitement into your otherwise boring, lonely reclusive rats garbage life/existence.
k.tewolde August 21, 2018
‘….of impressing/fooling gullible readers…’ don’t insult the intelligence of the readers,speak for yourself,this is not the culture of dominance and intolerance where you came from,what you read is plain English,there is no Shakespearean literature,if you are having complex with that,I can’t help you,however,if you can speak the truth in any language,I am all ears regardless how broken it sounds.Take time to reread your posts buddy and see how much it describes you.