Confussion in Addis: Meles Zenawi says "the Ethio- Eritrea Boundary Commission was illegal

5 years after the decission of the Ethio- Eritrea Boundary Commission, Meles Zenawi claims "the commission was illegal"

Addis Ababa (HAN) February 16th, 2007 - The current Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said it was inappropriate for the UN Security Council to fail to take measure when Eritrean troops crossed temporary security zone between the two neighboring countreies.

With his diplomatic chatting with UN Security Council Special Envoy for Belgium Pierre Chevalier here on Wednesday, Meles said the Security Council need to discharge its responsibilities appropriately.

He said though the decision passed by the Ethio-Eritrea Boundary Commission was illegal, Ethiopia has accepted the decision in principle forever.

However, Meles said, the issue of the demarcation of the boarder should resolved through dialogue; between Ethiopia and Eritrean future leadership.

He said the people and government of Ethiopia have strong desire to resolve the boarder dispute between the two countries peacefully. Meles said though Eritrea had failed to defeat Ethiopia through war, it has been attempting to destabilize Ethiopia, which he said, was also futile.

Chevalier told journalists after the talks that Belgium became non-permanent member of the Security Council since last January.

He said as member of the Council Belgium would hold discussions with the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea to address the problem regarding the boarder dispute.

His talks with Meles was part of that discussion, he said, adding that he understood the position of Ethiopia now from his talks with Meles.

He said if there is good will among the two countries, the issue of the Ethio-Eritrea border dispute would be resolved peacefully.

He said his talks with Meles regarding the situation in Somalia and Darfur was constructive, according to Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Source: Geeskaa Afrika

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Few Questions from OromiaTimes:
>>>>> How long it takes to have the so-called "future leaderships" of Ethiopia and Eritrea to resolve the boundary issue?
>>>>> These days, the TPLF rulers are organizing the meeting of Eritrean opposition forces in Finfinnee. What will be next?
>>>>> At the same time Qinijit (CUD) and its supporters are organizing a world wide demonstration against the arrest of CUD leadership under the moto "free our leaders".
>>>>> After he (Meles) rallied ethiopian troops with the support of USA deep in to Somalia, Meles claims again on Waltainfo "Security Council's Failure To Take Measure On Eritrea Inappropriate". What measure is he talking about?