Japan- Eritrea Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
Posted: 28 Aug 2022, 12:47
Japan- Eritrea Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
https://www.mofa.go.jp/afr/af2/er/page1e_000470.html
August 28, 2022
On August 28, commencing at around 10:20 a.m. (local time; same day, around 06:20 p.m. JST) for approximately 20 minutes, Mr. HAYASHI Yoshimasa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan who is visiting Tunisia to attend the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8), held a Foreign Ministers’ meeting with H.E. Mr. Osman Saleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Eritrea. The overview of the meeting is as follows.
1. At the outset, Minister Hayashi stated that he was pleased to meet with Minister Osman for the first time and expressed his gratitude for Minister Osman’s participation in TICAD8. Minister Hayashi also stated that Eritrea's role is important in achieving peace and stability in the Horn of Africa and that Japan will make further contributions to regional stability by appointing a special envoy for the Horn of Africa. In response, Minister Osman, recognizing Japan's actions through TICAD to date, expressed his appreciation for the deepening of cooperative relations with Japan. The both sides confirmed to work together for the development of bilateral relations and regional stability.
2. Minister Hayashi then stated that it is essential for the international community to cooperate in its response to Russia's aggression against Ukraine, and that Japan intends to continue contributing to strengthening food security in Africa. In response, Minister Osman stated that he appreciates the support from Japan. Minister Hayashi also raised the importance of transparency and fairness of development finance and the two sides confirmed to cooperate with each other.
3. Furthermore, the two sides shared the view to continue to work together in responding to regional and international issues, such as North Korea, including on the nuclear, missile, and abductions issues and strengthening of the functions of the United Nations as a whole, including the Security Council reform. They also confirmed to coordinate to maintain and strengthen the NPT regime following the recent NPT Review Conference.
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Foreign Minister Osman Saleh’s statement at TICAD Conference
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GENERAL
Foreign Minister Osman Saleh’s statement at TICAD Conference
27 and 28 August 2022
Mr. Chairman
Honourable Ministers
Distinguished Delegates
Allow me first to join previous speakers to extend our profound gratitude to the Governments of Tunisia and Japan for organizing this International Conference.
Almost thirty years have elapsed since the launching of the TICAD Forum in 1993. In this respect, this is an auspicious time to undertake a comprehensive, objective and factual appraisal of the progress achieved by the Forum so far on the basis of the following key pillars and matrices: i) the extent of TICAD’s contribution in tackling Africa’s developmental challenges; and, ii) its enhancement of the principle of African ownership within the matrix or framework of international partnership.
This assessment is critical in our current consultations, as we ponder on ways and means for moving forward to expand our shared values and common objectives. Indeed, it behooves on us to draw appropriate lessons from past experiences in order to bolster our future progress.
The defining features of the past thirty years in the post-Cold War era can be summed up in the emergence and prevalence of the following phenomena. As it happens, the hallmarks of the tumultuous epoch have included: gross violation of international law and the attendant trampling of the independence and sovereignty of peoples and nations; unconscionable exploitation of the resources of “undeveloped” countries; unfair distribution of income and wealth; prevalence of unbridled culture of saber-rattling, intimidation, military interventions, and imposition of illicit and unilateral sanctions; preponderance of terrorism, spiraling crises, corruption, displacement and organized human trafficking; and, the paralysis and marginalization of international and regional organizations.
All these tools were employed to advance and maintain the hegemony and narrow interests of the tiny few or miniscule special interest groups.
The marginalized African continent – which reportedly possesses 60% of the natural resources in our global village and with an estimated population of 1.2 billion – has remained the primary victim of these perilous policies. The people of Africa continue to be portrayed in very pejorative terms and depicted as the poster-children of poverty, hunger, interminable crises and pandemics.
Various media outlets routinely misconstrue African events as raw input for their condescending and patronizing propaganda and PR stints. Ludicrous as it is, Africa is these days portrayed as if it is enmeshed in intractable hunger because of its inaccessibility to Ukrainian Wheat. The COVID-19 pandemic; natural disasters and climate change; and, subsistence economics have all combined to exacerbate the preoccupying African reality.
To map-out Africa’s developmental challenges – both in sectoral and quantitative formats – is a relatively straightforward task that does not require laborious work. By the same token, the principle of African ownership is crystal clear that does not pose ambiguity in terms of abstract notions. But the reality on the ground remains starkly different.
Genuine ownership of policies and programmes are supplanted by dependency and aid-recipient mind-sets. Fostering of enabling environment continues to be replaced by debilitating conditions. On the other hand, genuine and sustainable partnerships are cultivated only through equitable, fair and enabling ties.
In the prevailing and unfavourable international climate, overarching global agendas are certainly exacerbating Africa’s precarious reality. Still, we cannot deny the fact that ultimately, responsibility for this sad state of affairs rests on Africa’s shoulders.
Distinguished Delegates
In these precarious times of transition in the prevailing global configuration, the respect of international law; the protection of the independence and sovereignty of peoples and nations; the deterrence of pillage and robbery; the nurturing of mutual respect, complementarity and partnership; guarantying national security and stability, and, the achievement of development and prosperity will be crystallized when, and only when, we earnestly review, with the requisite seriousness, the shared values and objectives that we collectively cherish.
In the event, we must proceed, beyond pledges and political goodwill, to chart-out much more articulated, impacting and measurable programmes in infrastructure, energy, water and agriculture, industry, appropriate modalities of trade and investment, as well as in education and health in the social services sectors. These programmes must also be accompanied by effective mechanisms of implementation.
In conclusion, I express my sincere hopes for this Conference to adopt important resolutions that would incorporate the modest notions cited above and other recommendations made by all the distinguished participants.
I thank you!
መደረ ሚኒስተር ጉዳያት ወጻኢ ኣቶ ዑስማን ሳልሕ ኣብ 8ይ ዋዕላ TICAD
ዝኸበርክንን ዝኸበርኩምን ተጋባእቲ
ምስጋና ንተገዳስነት መንግስቲ ጃፓንን ኣሰናዳእቲ ዋዕላን
ተበግሶ ‘ኣህጉራዊ ዋዕላ ቶክዮ ንልምዓት ኣፍሪቃ’ – “TICAD” ኣብ 1993 ካብ ዝተወስደሉ ንደሓር፡ ኣብ’ዚ ዝሓለፈ ኣስታት 30 ዓመታት፡ ንናይ ኣፍሪቃ ብድሆታት ልምዓትን መትከላት ኣፍሪቃዊ ዋንነትን ኣብ መቓን “ኣህጉራዊ ሽርክነት” ዝተጨበጠ ገስጋስ፡ ዕቱብ መርተዖኣዊ ገምጋም ዝሓትት’ዩ። ስለምንታይ’ሲ፡ እንተድኣ ሓባራዊ ክብሪታትን ሸቶታትን ንምስፋሕ ተደልዩ፡ ካብ ዝሓለፈ ተመኵሮታትና ተማሂርና፡ መጻኢ ገስጋስና ከነሐይል ስለዝግባእ።
ናይ’ዚ ዝሓለፈ 30 ዓመታት ዓለማዊ ኩነታትን ምዕባለን፡ ድሕሪ ምኽታም ዝሑል ኲናት፡ ኣተሓሳሰብቲ ተርእዮታት ዝተኸስቱሉ መዋእል’ዩ ነይሩ። ጸቢብን ናይ ውሑዳት-ውሑዳትን ሃይመና ንምንጋስ ተባሂሉ፡ ምግሃስ ኣህጉራዊ ሕጊን ናጽነትን ልዑላዊነትን ህዝብታትን ሃገራትን፣ ዝምታ ሃብቲን ጸጋታትን “ዘይማዕበላ” ሃገራት፣ ዘይርትዓዊ ምቕርሐ ሃብትን እቶትን፣ ምጕባጥን ዓሎቕን፣ ምትእትታዋትን እገዳታትን፣ ሽበራን ቅልውላዋትን፣ ብልውሽናን ምምዝባልን ፍልሰትን፣ ምልማስን ምርማስን ኣህጉራውያንን ዞባውያንን ውድባት ዝዓብለሎ መዋእል።
ኣብ ውሽጢ ከም’ዚ ዝበለ ሓደገኛ ምዕባለታት 30 ዓመታት፡ እቲ ቀዳማይ ግዳይ፡ 60% ሃብትታት ዓለም ይውንን’ዩ ዝበሃል፡ ፍቕዱ ናብ 1.2 ቢልዮን በጺሑ ዘሎ ህዝብታት ዝተዋሰነት ክፍለ-ዓለም ኣፍሪቃ’ዩ። ህዝብታት ኣፍሪቃ፡ መመሰሊ ድኽነትን ጥሜትን ቅልውላዋትን ለበዳታትን፣ ናይ ዝተፈላለያ ሜዳታት ንዋት ፕሮፖጋንዳን ህዝባዊ ርክባትን ኰይኑ፡ ክሳብ ናይ ኡክራይና ስርናይ ዘይምርካቡ ዝሳቐ ከምዘሎ ዝደኣለሉ ደረጃ ንዕቀት በጺሑ’ሎ ክበሃል ይከኣል። ኣብ ርእሲ’ዚ ኣተሓሳሳቢ ኩነት፡ ለበዳ ኮቪድ፡ ባህርያዊ ሓደጋታትን ክሊማዊ ምግልባጥን ተደሚርዎ፡ ሰንኮፍ ቁጠባታት ዕንጋሎ ኣፍሪቃ፡ ኣብ ኣሰካፊ ኩነት’ዩ ዝርከብ።
ናይ ኣፍሪቃ ብድሆታት ልምዓት፡ በብጽላቱን ብኣሃዛትን ክትገልጾም፡ ከቢድ ዓቐበት ኣይኰነን። መትከላት ኣፍሪቃዊ ዋንነት’ውን፡ ብኽልሰ-ሓሳብ ክትገልጾ ከቢድ ኣይኰነን። እቲ ክዉን ኩነት ዝምስክሮ ግን፡ ሓቀኛ ዋንነት ዘይኰነ፡ ጽግዕተኝነትን ተጸባይነትን ኣኽኣሊ ዕድላት ዘይኰነ፡ ኣሰንካሊ ኩነት ምምዕባሉ’ዩ። ሓቀኛን ዘላቒን ሽርክነት ዝረጋገጽ ከኣ፡ ምዕሩይን ርትዓዊን ኣኽኣሊን ዝምድናታት ምስ ዝህሉን ዝምዕብልን’ዩ። ኣብ’ዚ ውሁብ ኣሰካፊ ዓለማዊ ኩነታት፡ ግዳማዊ ኣጀንዳታት፡ ንዘንቈልቍል ዘሎ ኩነታት ኣፍሪቃ የጋድድ’ኳ እንተሎ፡ ቀንዲ ተሓተቲ ናይ’ቲ ሽግራት፡ ኣፍሪቃውያን ባዕልና ምዃንና ግን ክጕሰ ኣይግባእን።
ዝኸበርክንን ዝኸበርኩምን ተጋባእቲ
ኣብ’ዚ ዓለምና ኣብ ኣዝዩ ተኣፋፊ መሰጋገሪ ኣትዩሉ ዘሎ መድርኽ፡ ኣህጉራዊ ሕጊታት ኪኽበር፣ ናጽነትን ልዑላዊነትን ህዝብታት ኪሕሎ፣ ዝምታን ስርቅን ኪግታእ፣ ምክብባርን ምምልላእን ሽርክነትን ኪምዕብል፣ ድሕነትን ርግኣትን ኪወሓስ፣ ልምዓትን ራህዋን ኪጭበጥ ምእንቲ፡ ነቶም “ሓባራዊ ክብሪታትን ሸቶታትን” ‘ንብሎም ብዕምቈት ከሊስና፡ ኪኖ መብጸዓታት ሰናይ-ድልየት፡ ዝያዳ ዝተነጸረን ዘድምዕን ተለካዒን ፕሮግራማት (ትሕተ-ቕርጺ፡ ጸዓት፡ ማይ፡ ሕርሻ፡ ኢንዱስትሪዊነት፡ ርትዓዊ ወፍሪን ንግድን፡ ማሕበራዊ ኣገልግሎታት ትምህርቲን ጥዕናን) ምስ ዘድምዕ መካኒዝማት ከነርቅቕ ይግባእ።
እዚ ኣገዳሲ ዋዕላ፡ ነዞም ዝጠቕስኩዎም ምቕሉላት ለበዋታትን ናይ ካልኦት ተሳተፍቲ ኣገደስቲ ኣበርክቶታትን ተመያዪጡን መምዩን፡ ኣገደስቲ ውሳኔታት ከሕልፍ እምነ።
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