From: Berhane Habtemariam (Berhane.Habtemariam@gmx.de)
Date: Tue May 26 2009 - 14:51:48 EDT
Press Statement: Eritrea strongly condemns the AU's illegal and
irresponsible statement
By Staff
May 26, 2009, 18:28
The African Union has issued an outrageous statement urging the UN Security
Council to "impose sanctions against Eritrea". The illegal and utterly
irresponsible statement, issued in Addis Ababa in the name of the so-called
"Peace and Security Council" of the organization, was made on the basis of
groundless accusations against Eritrea, without ascertaining the facts, and
without even consulting the current Chairman of the African Union.
Eritrea is fully aware of where, how and by whom this irresponsible and
cynical flouting of the rule of law was conceived in the first place, and,
through which machinations it has passed. This deplorable act does not also
represent an isolated incident. It is symptomatic of the fundamental
structural malaise that has gripped the African Union right from its
inception. The sad fact is the African Union has been reduced to, and is
merely serving as, a convenient umbrella for certain external powers to
meddle, with the collusion of a few internal collaborators, in the affairs
of the organization in order to compound the various crises that afflict our
continent.
Eritrea strongly rejects the irresponsible and illegal statement issued in
the name of the African Union.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Asmara
25 May 2009
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