Ethiopia has to withdraw to all pre-May 6, 1998, positions. This has to be verified independently. |
Ethiopia reached this stage now when it cannot continue militarily. Militarily, they have lost heavily in the past two weeks. |
He does not have the right to interpret the Algiers agreement or to question the judgement of the boundary commission. |
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. |
In the first place I don't know about the deadline. |
Maybe they have come to the conclusion that they cannot proceed and they want to reinforce the central front. |
Meles is not the judge in this case. |
The claims commission does not have jurisdiction on the boundary. |
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. |
There is heavy shelling and movements of their aircraft. We are just responding and defending our positions. |
They are talking about mechanics, what we want to see are tangible results on the ground. |
They can't say the war is over when they still occupy sovereign Eritrean territory. |
They have refused to negotiate. These are not the actions of a nation that wants peace. |