From: Biniam Tekle (biniamt@dehai.org)
Date: Tue Feb 02 2010 - 19:37:33 EST
http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?page=show_article_eng&id_article=117266
AU allows Eritrea to open diplomatic mission AU HQ in Addis Ababa
By Omar Faye, APA Special Correspondent in Addis Ababa
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) The African Union (AU) has allowed Eritrea to
open a diplomatic representation at the AU Commission ’’as soon as
possible’’ to enable the authorities of that country to participate in the
meetings of the pan-African organization, APA learns on Tuesday from a
source close to the Union.
The Eritrea mission to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, will be solely accredited to
the AU, said the President of the Commission in a letter addressed to the
Foreign Minister of Eritrea, copied to APA during the 14th ordinary session
of the summit of the continental organization that has ended its work on the
same day in the Ethiopian capital.
According to Jean Ping, the mission will neither undertake, nor pursue
bilateral activities and the staff will hold office only in Addis Ababa at
the headquarters of the AU.
In a letter addressed to the President of the AU Commission, the Eritrean
Minister of Foreign Affairs condemned the Ethiopian government’s refusal to
accept a representation of his country to the AU.
Eritrea has no ambassador to the AU for ten years, he said.
“Eritrea was denied its right to participate in summits and other meetings
of the AU in Addis Ababa because of the refusal of Ethiopia to grant the
same diplomatic and security guarantees granted to all member states”, the
Eritrean official said in his letter to Ping.
OF/od/ovh/daj/APA
2010-02-03
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