Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Herman Cohen Proposes “mutually face saving solutions” to Ethio-Eritrea problem

•”Mutually face saving solutions”
•“Eritrean leadership fears Islamic militancy as much as any other country in the Horn of Africa region”
•“UN Security Council should terminate sanctions imposed in 2009 by UNSC resolution 1907”
•“Ethiopia offer to accept a symbolic initial takeover by Eritrea of territory awarded by the EEBC”


By Dimetros Birku
(Borkena) Herman Cohen, former assistant secretary of state for Africa, seem to be making a case for normalization of relations not just between Eritrea and Ethiopia but also between Eritrea and the international community.

In an article published on the African Argument, Cohen painted a roadmap that depicts as to how both objectives could be achieved.

Recounting the circumstances under which UNSC resolution 1907 was passed by the United Nations Security Council which apparently made Eritrea appear a pariah State, Cohen argues that the situation is no longer there and the “UN Security Council should terminate sanctions imposed in 2009 by UNSC resolution 1907.”  Read more...

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