Yemane Gebremeskel
Yemane Gebremeskel
results talking tangible
They are talking about mechanics, what we want to see are tangible results on the ground.
cannot continue ethiopia lost past reached stage
Ethiopia reached this stage now when it cannot continue militarily. Militarily, they have lost heavily in the past two weeks.
ethiopia withdraw
Ethiopia has to withdraw to all pre-May 6, 1998, positions. This has to be verified independently.
judge
Meles is not the judge in this case.
endorsed invasion means peace plan throwing
If they think their invasion should be rewarded, it is outrageous. If they are throwing away this peace plan endorsed by the international community, then that means more war.
cannot central conclusion maybe proceed reinforce
Maybe they have come to the conclusion that they cannot proceed and they want to reinforce the central front.
occupy sovereign war
They can't say the war is over when they still occupy sovereign Eritrean territory.
accepted boundary cardinal critical decision encourage ethiopia foreign formal good ministry optimistic point progress statement whether yesterday
The critical point is whether there is progress on the cardinal issue: whether Ethiopia has accepted the boundary commission's decision in good faith. The formal statement from the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry yesterday does not encourage one to think in optimistic terms.
agreement boundary interpret judgement question
He does not have the right to interpret the Algiers agreement or to question the judgement of the boundary commission.
defending heavy movements responding
There is heavy shelling and movements of their aircraft. We are just responding and defending our positions.
actions nation refused wants
They have refused to negotiate. These are not the actions of a nation that wants peace.
In the first place I don't know about the deadline.
claims commission
The claims commission does not have jurisdiction on the boundary.