Yemane Ghebreab
Head of Political Affairs for Eritrea’s leading political party, PFDJ
Presidential Adviser
Jean-Christophe Belliarde
Director for Africa and the Indian Ocean, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris
Moderator:
Georg Lennkh
Member of the Board of the Bruno Kreisky Forum; former Austrian Special Envoy for Africa
Eritrea is a country in the very heart of the Horn of Africa, one of the most volatile regions in the world. The ongoing volatility of the situation in Somalia and the total breakdown of legal order and governance in South Sudan, and in Yemen, all neighbors of Eritrea, render its position precarious. The political development of Eritrea, the topic of Yemane Ghebreabs presentation, will be all the more important.
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ERITREA IN THE CONTEXT OF A POLICY FOR REGIONAL SECURITY IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
Christian Manahl
Head of Delegation, European Union, Eritrea
Moderation
Georg Lennkh, Mitglied des Vorstands des Bruno Kreisky Forums
A consequence of the isolation of Eritrea – lasting for years, and partially self-inflicted – was the fact that Eritrea has disappeared from the debate about the Horn of Africa. Very recently, Eritrea has begun to open up a little and to start a new phase of cooperation with the United Nations and the European Union. What does this mean for Eritrea and the region? What is Eritrea’s significance in the regional strategic security policy? And what are the perspectives, and the risks, of this opening? At the same time, the significance of such a development for the European Union, and for Austria will have to be examined.
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