Eritrean FM attends signing of Sudan peace agreement

ASMARA, Jan 10, 2004 (Shabait) — The Eritrean Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ali Seid Abdellah, attended the official signing ceremony of the Comprehensive Peace Treaty reached between the Government of the Sudan and the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM).

Speaking at the ceremony held in Nairobi, Kenya on January 9, 2005, Mr. Ali Seid Abdellah said the arrangement falls short of being labeled as “a comprehensive peace agreement” in light of ongoing wars and instability in Eastern and Western Sudan. The foreign minister said that peace is one and inseparable, furthermore urging all parties of the agreement to earnestly promote a peaceful solution in the troubled regions of the Sudan.

In underlining the need for a show of genuine desire by all political parties to ensure peace, security, and prosperity for all peoples in the region, Mr. Ali Seid Abdellah said a pragmatic respect of the peace agreements, in the letter and spirit of the agreement, would serve as the sole guarantee for bringing about sustainable peace in the Sudan.

In his address on behalf of the President of the State of Eritrea, H.E. Isaias Afwerki, Mr. Ali Seid Abdellah also expressed the people and government of Eritrea’s best wishes to the people of the Sudan on the historic event.