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The Eritrean embassy in Riyadh said in a statement published in the newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat in response to the dialogue that took place with the President of Djibouti, Ismael Guelleh, “Eritrea did not occupy Djibouti soil.
The borders of Eritrea are those which were drawn when Italy was occupying Eritrea. This is in accord with the colonial agreements of the Italian government with Ethiopia during the reign of the Ethiopian king Menelik II, and with France which was occupying Djibouti, and with Brittan which was colonizing Sudan, in the period from 1900 to 1908. Therefore the borders of Eritrea with all its neighbors, including Djibouti, are clear. Djibouti has provoked the border crisis upon the urging of Ethiopia and other international parties in order to distract attention from the refusal of Ethiopia to implement the decision of the Commission on Border Drawing.
The other purpose is to get Eretria involved in a new border war. But how misguided! For Eritrea the way has been blocked, and they did everything in their power to distance themselves from that destructive conspiracy, preserving good relations between the two countries and accepting Qatari mediation.
Eritrea is still committed and awaiting the outcome of this mediation, something that the Djibouti camp did not indicate in their speech about this sensitive problem, which is highly significant. In any case Eritrea is committed to Qatari mediation and its outcome.
Translated: http://www.adoulis.com/entry.php?id=3581