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Ghideon Musa Aron
ፕረዚደንት ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ፡ ሎሚ ኣብ ሰዓታት ቅድሚ-ቐትሪ ንኣቦ-መንበር ኮሚሽን ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃ ሙሳ ፈኪ መሃማት ኣብ ኣጋይሽ ደንደን ተቐቢሉ ኣዘራሪቡ።
President Isaias Afwerki met this morning, at the Denden Guest House, a delegation led by H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), for extensive talks on the challenges and future plans of the continental organization.
The Chairperson of the AUC underlined that Africa's progress continues to be hampered by daunting security and stability challenges that afflict various parts of the continent. This reality was compounded by internal weaknesses and external meddling. Failure by member States to shoulder their annual contributions was another factor that impeded the AUC from relying on its own resources.
Mr. Faki Mahamat further stated that multiple internal and inter-State conflicts; attendant crises; terrorism and marginalization of Africa in international forums continue to compound the challenges and constrain the pace of desired progress. In this respect, the AUC Chairperson urged for greater contribution and participation of Eritrea in the concerted endeavours to overcome these challenges.
President Isaias, on his part, stressed on the imperative of resolving African issues by Africans themselves; noting that unremitting external interventions carried out under various pretexts were essentially aimed at usurping Africa's rich natural resources that amount to 60% of global wealth. Africa needs to extricate itself from this quagmire, the President underlined.
President Isaias further emphasized that sustainable development and prosperity cannot be achieved without enduring peace and stability. In this perspective, African nations need to pursue nation-building that is predicated on citizenship and focus on joint programmes of regional partnership on the basis of their own internal resources.
President Isaias also indicated that the African Union will require structural review for optimal operational progress.
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