The Potemkin Party continues to double down on its campaign of war and unremitting hostility against Eritrea by dwelling on revisionist historical narratives and the deplorable denigration of Eritrea's legitimate, decades-old, process of decolonization achieved through unparalleled and precious sacrifices. In this vein, one of PP's official mouthpieces - Fana Broadcasting Corporation - disparages, on its X account today, Eritrea's overall development policy and what it dubs as "stagnation of Assab". Furthermore, it laments the loss of "Ethiopia's Red Sea coastline", due, in its warped mind, "to conspiracy of external adversaries". These pitiful diatribes are symptomatic of the incurable war psychosis that has gripped the Potemkin Party for years now. Indeed, it is obvious that the PP will require massive reconfiguration in its mindset/soft-ware for reason and sanity to prevail. As it is, the antidote for its multi-layered malaise does not lie in the propagation of revisionist history; and/or in the flagrant violation of foundational pillars and principles of international law. The fact is: 1. A regime that is presiding over an ailing economy where 68.7% of the population are classified as "multidimensionally poor" (WB terminology) in spite of massive international assistance; and, 2. That is seething under interminable internal costly conflicts of its own making; is not in a position to pontificate to its neighbours about astute development policy or the fostering of good-neighborly ties anchored on mutual respect of each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity. xitter.cf/hawelti/status/1970139…

𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗔𝗕: 𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗔 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟰 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗬 In 2002 the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission drew the eastern border under the 1908 treaty: 𝟲𝟬 𝗸𝗺 𝗶𝗻𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁. At one place it adjusted that line. The place was 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗲, the old checkpoint on the Assab road. The Commission's own words: "𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟲𝟬 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲." Yet it placed the border at Bure. The reason: Eritrea presented a "𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘀-𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗯 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗼𝗿," dated 7 November 1994 and signed by representatives of both countries. One agenda item, as quoted: "𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀." Its checkpoint list reads "𝟰. 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿. 𝟱. 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿." Paragraph 6.31 concludes that the report "𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁," and that both states treated their checkpoints there as the limits of their territorial sovereignty. The report, together with the parties' conduct, was treated as evidence of an agreed boundary. Why should Ethiopians ask questions? The decision itself gives the reasons: 𝟭. 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁. That makes the signatories' instructions and the report's full wording worth examining. 𝟮. 𝗔 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿. Paragraph 6.31 says such arrangements "𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆." The Commission found that Bure was different. 𝟯. 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. In the eastern-sector assessment, paragraph 6.32 identifies Bure as the only conduct "𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁" to vary the treaty line. The adjustment fell on ground the treaty line had placed on Ethiopia's side. None of this shows the Commission lacked evidence. It shows these documents had a real territorial consequence. The honest limit: the Commission calls the adjustment "𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹." The 2002 decision is final and binding under the Algiers Agreement, and it did not transfer Assab. 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹. 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁. Ethiopian legal experts, lawyers, historians and archivists should examine the complete 1994 reports, the signatories’ authority and Ethiopia’s submissions to the Commission, and publish an evidence-based assessment of whether any unresolved legal issue remains. Read it yourself 👇 EEBC decision, 13 April 2002, paras 6.30 to 6.32, RIAA vol. XXV, printed pp. 170 to 171 legal.un.org/riaa/cases/vol_… #Ethiopia #RedSea #RedSeaAccess #Assab #Redsea

وزير الخارجية بدر عبد العاطي يقول خلال مؤتمر صحفي مع الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة أنطونيو غوتيريش إن مصر لا تتعرض لأي ضغوط من أطراف ثالثة للقبول بمنح إثيوبيا منفذًا إلى البحر الأحمر مقابل تسهيل التوصل إلى حل بشأن سد النهضة بحسب وكالة أنباء الشرق الأوسط

#BREAKING: ⚓Landlocked Ethiopia’s Navy Hosts Four-Day Maritime Summit ETHIOPIA ― A landlocked country with no coastline, no access to the sea, and apparently no shortage of imagination is hosting a four-day "regional" naval commanders’ forum in Addis Ababa. Naval commanders from #Yemen, #Oman, #Djibouti, Somalia's self-governing regions of #Somaliland, and #Puntland have traveled to Addis Ababa to discuss maritime security with a navy whose biggest maritime operation so far might be navigating a couple of speed boats on Lake Tana. Imagine being a naval commander, traveling to a landlocked capital, sitting through four days of discussions about the ocean, and then returning home without seeing a single wave. When you can’t bring the navy to the sea, you bring the sea to your imagination.🫣 (More story ... addisstandard.com/brief/n-60…)

Kamikaze drones reportedly launched from Ethiopia targeted critical infrastructure facilities in Sudan today, including those most heavily relied upon by civilians. Does Ethiopia really believe that Sudan lacks the capability to target its multibillion-dollar Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam with just three kamikaze drones in the coming days? What is Ethiopia counting on?

390 A (V) never gave you Assab, it federated Eritrea as autonomous, it didn't cede sovereignty. That federation died in 1962, and in 1993 Eritrea voted 99.8% for independence, a vote Ethiopia and the UN accepted. "Access to the sea" means trade, not owning another nation's port.

Cant help but think that Abiy calling port access on the Red Sea an existential issue has a definite ring of the German concept of Lebensraum... ftlsomalia.com/abiy-ahmed-ca…