Shabait.com (Asmara)
6 January 2008
Asmara — Congressman Donald Payne who has just concluded a three-day working visit to Eritrea said that he has witnessed the Eritrean people's desire for peace and that he would strive to promote peace between the people of Eritrea and Ethiopia.
In the course of his visit to the Southern region in the company of the regional Administrator, Mr. Mustafa Nurhusein, the Congressman observed the on-going development activities towards achieving food security. The local population accorded him warm welcome and hosted a reception in his honor at Daero Quinat.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Mustafa explained that despite the TPLF regime's attempts to undermine the Eritrean people's endeavors to promote all-round development, such enemy hostile acts have nevertheless been rebuffed through the steadfastness of Eritrean nationals.
Likewise, the Chairman of the Regional Assembly, Mr. Weldai Gebre, pointed out that many Eritrean citizens in the Southern region have not only been displaced but were also subjected to acts of abuse and robbery following the regime's war of aggression. He also called on the US government, as one of the main guarantors of the Algiers Agreement, to play major role in the implementation of the agreement.
Stating that he had closely observed the Eritrean government's efforts to improve the people's standard of living and step up development, Congressman Donald Payne asserted that the United States respects the Eritrean government's stance and wishes to develop good relations with Eritrea.
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What eritreans want is democracy and rule of law. Most eritreans don't care and do not want to die for badme or so called border conflict. It is an excuse by the butcher of asmara to contonoue his rule in eritrea. Please stop the nunsense propoganda. Most eritreans are tired of your propoganda. Again what most eritreans what is peace, prosperty, education for their children and rule of law.
Dear writer, What a pity you give blind eye to your ever deteriorating country's problem.You seem to be very concerned about Ethiopia.Guess what?save your crocodile tears for some other things
Once again, the false prophets of "democracy and human rights" are betraying Ethiopians and Eritreans. Dear Editor, In reference to your last report of Ethio-Eritrean border conflict and subsequent Algiers "final and binding agreement" and the Border Commission's decision, Washington's ambassador to Ethiopia Donald Yamamoto "played down the fact that an independent commission charged with the demarcation of the 1000-kilometer border between Ethiopia and Eritrea is to dissolve later this month. He says Washington believes the two countries must settle their differences themselves, as stated in the Algiers Accord that ended their last war." Yamamato selling his soul to Ethiopian dictator and in violation of the US signed and agreed upon Algiers agreement and Ethio-Eritrean Border "final and binding" decision, Yamamato declares that, "The only way resolution can be achieved is from the parties themselves addressing the issues directly with each other and implementing decisions on resolution of the border issues, and also their own differences,". Dear Editor, ONCE AGAIN, for the second time in just 50 years the UN, the US and it's allies are betraying and backstabbing Eritreans, by allowing Ethiopia to invade and occupy Eritrea and violate the Ethio-Eritrean "final & binding" Algiers's agreement, refusing to demarcate the Ethio-Eritrean national borders as the UN and US signed and agreed to uphold. Besides shedding crocodile tears to manipulate global public opinion to foreword their own strategic agenda, the false prophets of the UN and US would like the world to believe that they stand for "freedom, democracy, justice, human rights, territorial integrity, peace and economic development", while depriving the Eritrean people's right for self determination by declaring that, "From the point of view of justice, the opinion of the Eritrean people must receive consideration. Nevertheless, the strategic interests of the United States in the Red Sea Basin and world peace make it necessary that the country be linked with our ally Ethiopia." (U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, 1952). Dear Editor, For Eritreans, after 50 years of betrayal and debilitating lonely war, the high price every Eritrean family had to pay to liberate and defend Eritrea, the very credibility, integrity and motivation of the UN and the US has always been very questionable. The UN and US complacency and the Ethiopian transgression, invasion and war of occupation is far more a threat to peace and freedom loving nationalist Eritreans than luck off internal plural constitutional democracy, the old worn out US song, customary accusation, excuse and cover up for meddling in the internal state affair and conspiracy for instability and war. As for Ethiopia, due to 50 years of war with Eritrea and Somalia, Ethiopia has been in huge mess with it's own constant extrajudicial and illegal political prosecutions, economic nightmares, persistent famines, uncontrolled AIDS, Malaria, TB and other public health scrooge, internal political strife and ethnic civil wars in Ogadinia, Oromia, Afar, Somali and Amara provinces. If Ethiopia has never been able to clean up it's won dirty laundry at home, how is it possible that Ethiopia will remotely be able to dust off internal strife and stabilize Somalia? Ethiopia should attend to it's own internal strife, economic nightmare and ethnic civil wars. After 50 years of war against Eritreans, one would hope, the UN, US and Ethiopians have learned bitter lessons already, after all, what's there more to gain for Ethiopia from waging another 50 years of war against Eritrea or Somalia? But, if the UN, US and the Ethiopian "governments" continue in insisting on waging wars against Eritrea, Somalia and Ethiopian armed ethnic liberation movements in Ogadinia, Oromia, Afar, Somali and Amara provinces, the war could back fire and break Ethiopia apart just like the ethnic civil wars of former Yugoslavia. Therefore, the Ethiopian xenophobic tribal "politicians" need to be careful on what they pray for, because they might as well get it, bringing more misery to themselves and to the Ethiopian people, more than what Ethiopia and Ethiopians has been going through for the last "3000" years, as Ethiopians claim. As for the incompetent mafia hierarchy of the United Nations and it's masters in New York, they need to remember the UN Resolution 390a/v of 1952, forcibly federating Eritrea with Ethiopia against the Eritrean people's free will and allowing Ethiopia to annex and occupy Eritrea has caused Eritreans much more Ethiopian wars, holocaust, death and destruction that Eritreans would never had to go through, if Eritreans have been allowed to stay free with out the US or UN's approval seal of betrayal, as declared by John Foster Dulles in 1952. Ultimately, the UN is responsible for all the 50 years of Ethio-Eritrean bloodshed, for it was the UN who forced the Ethio-Eritrean federation up on Eritreans and the annexation and occupation of Eritrea and consequent bloodshed that has been spilling to this day. In the end, the Ethiopian and Eritrean peace loving harmonious brotherly people will prevail against all powerful odds. And despite all excruciating painful challenges, by defeating their mortal internal and foreign enemies and over coming all man made and natural calamities, the Eritrean and Ethiopian people will cordially live side by side in peace, harmony and prosperity, as they lived for centuries before. Dear Editor, Thank You for your consideration in publishing my opinion, exposing the true colors of false prophets and Messiahs of "democracy" and wolves in sheep's skin. Thank You, Regards, Gerrie Lijam San Jose, Ca. USA