1 መልኣከ ኃይል(ቀሺ ገብሩ)

Examining the escalating tensions between #Eritrea and #Ethiopia, which have reached a critical point of potential conflict, one can really see that the standoff is primarily driven by Ethiopia’s strategic push for direct and sovereign access to the Red Sea via Assab port and its entitled lenvirons. Eritrea views this as a blatant violation of its sovereignty. This situation is now exasperated by the collapse of the 2018 friendship and peace framework and the complete cutting of diplomatic relations between the two. It is also known that beyond the port issue, relations have deteriorated due to misleading accusations of support to rebel groups in Ethiopia by Eritrea and the betrayal by Ethiopia of alliances following the 2022 Pretoria peace agreement in which Ethiopia tried to convince the TPLF to join a war against Eritrea and destroyiong diplomatic institutions to gain access to the Red Sea. Ethiopia argues that soverign maritime access is an existential necessity for its large, landlocked population, while Eritrea maintains that it is willing to offer commercial port access but strictly rejects any infringement on its territorial integrity and sovereignty. The standoff is complicating regional governance of the Red Sea with Eritrea warning that the crisis could turn the Horn of Africa into a theater for external proxy battles, especially given the strategic importance of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait as a key global maritime gateway. Both nations have taken their grievances to the UN Security Council and there is no doubt that de-escalation requires a return to the 2018 peace and friendship agreement. @Chinamission2un @franceonu @RussiaUN @UKUN_NewYork @USUN @BahrainMsnNY @ColombiaONU @RDCongoONU @Denmark_UN @GRUN_NY @LatviaUN_NY @LibMissionUN @PakistanUN_NY @panamaonuny @SomaliaatUN #ERITREA #Ethiopia #HOA #RedSeaTensions 👇👇👇👇👇👇 youtu.be/9iPlLUrN97E?si=xHC1…