tarik wrote: ↑29 Jan 2020, 17:09
jennifer
Good Day Maam
Is this why he went 2 asmara? May be ethiopian marine will be stationed in Somalia? Djibouti is 2 crowded. As long as they stay away from Massawa and Assab, they can be stationed in Madagascar if they want 2. STAY AWAY FROM ERITREA, u kenyan lema.
Good Day Maam
tarik,
Eritrea is holding huge coastline in Africa; it's 6th in Africa; Somalia has 2nd largest in Africa. Plenty of space not being used for development in that region. So, this an opportunity to take an investment of 2-3 billion for Eritrea/Somalia/Djibouti.
Ports developed can be used for commercial as well. It has huge employment potential for both countries. Why not compete for such job creation instead? Why miss this investment opportunity? After all, as UN Report shows, Eritrea has leased Assab port to UAE for 30 years and along with its Gulf ally, Saudi Arabia, they've established a military presence in Eritrea in return for monetary compensation and fuel supplies.
With the new Ethiopian government, Eritreans can be equal partners not just spectators & laborers as with Saudi/UAE. Don't you see the advantage? The development may have dual purposes as a commercial as well. Considering the relationship PIA/Dr. Abiy has formed, why not support this investment to enhance that relationship to the fullest? I don't get your opposition to it.
[[..As part of the arrangement, Eritrea has allowed the Gulf alliance to use the Hanish islands and has leased the Port of Assab to the UAE for 30 years. The Bab-el-Mandeb strait between Yemen and Eritrea is a key route for Gulf oil shipments with an estimated 3.8 million barrels passing through on tankers daily.
The group of experts write that “Eritrea’s making available to third countries its land, territorial waters and airspace to conduct military operations in another country does not in and of itself constitute a violation of resolution 1907 (2009)” but “any compensation diverted directly or indirectly towards activities that threaten peace and security in the region or for the benefit of the Eritrean military would constitute a violation of” the resolution.
“Moreover, if the credible claims received by the Monitoring Group that Eritrean soldiers are indeed participating in the war effort under the leadership of the Arab coalition were confirmed, it would constitute a clear violation of resolution 1907 (2009),” the report states...]]
http://untribune.com/un-report-uae-saud ... en-battle/