Eritrean Delegation to Visit Ethiopia for Dialogue

Addis Ababa June 25/2018 A delegation from Eritrea will arrive in Addis Ababa this week as Ethiopia announced its readiness to resolve the military stand-off that lasts for more than a decade and half. Ethiopia recently announced its readiness to end the stand-off and fully implement the Algiers Agreement and the decisions of the border commission. The two countries fought a border war in 1998-2000 that killed about 70,000 people, and disputes still remain over the still-militarized frontier. In his televised message last week, Eritrean President Isayas Afeworki welcomed Ethiopia's move and considered the peace proposal Ethiopia as "positive signals". Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1991 after decades of guerrilla struggle.