Foreign Minister Osman Saleh gave, today, a briefing on Ethiopia's unprovoked acts of aggression and its geopolitical ambitions to the Diplomatic Community in Asmara.
In his extensive briefing, FM Osman elaborated, with substantive details and evidences:
- the Ethiopian regime's repetitive and provocative pronouncements - by senior Prosperity Party political and military officials - for three long years on their belligerent strategy for acquiring "sovereign access to the sea";
- these ambitions and accompanied saber-rattling constituted a declaration of war against Eritrea in flagrant breach of the UN Charter and relevant provisions that prohibit the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity and political independence of any UN Member State;
- the Prosperity Party regime continued to provide sanctuary, as well as military and logistical support, to an assortment of inconsequential opposition groups;
- the regime was further engaged in proxy military activities that fuel regional conflicts and exacerbate instability in the Horn of Africa.
U.S. Congressman Brad Sherman stated regarding Ethiopia’s seaport ambitions: “We don't change international boundaries almost ever.” Assab is Eritrean territory. Access to the sea cannot justify violating another nation’s sovereignty.
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Ethiopia’s declaration of war against #Eritrea – Legal Fallacy and Strategic Miscalculation
by Semere Azazi
- Eritrea’s strategic composure places the Ethiopian government in a legally indefensible and operationally precarious position. Confronted with intricate domestic crises and the manufactured “self-defense” claims tied to the ambitions of “sea access”, the Ethiopian regime is risking to initiate a war of aggression against Eritrea, thereby breaching the foundational prohibition on the use of force.
- Ultimately, regardless of the manufactured pretexts, Ethiopia’s war of choice will neither resolve its self-inflicted internal conflicts nor will secure it "sovereign sea access"
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Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is these days accusing Eritrea for acts of "unprovoked aggression that may jeopardize regional peace and security".
Audacity and duplicity in their most extreme forms!
The indelible facts:
1. Ethiopia has in essence declared a war of aggression against Eritrea when its Prime Minister announced to his Parliament on 13 October 2023 that his regime will acquire "sovereign access to the sea, through negotiations if possible and by force if necessary".
2. As illustrated in the Press Release issued at the time (link below), Eritrea responded with exemplary restraint and equanimity to underline that it will not be provoked by these perplexing pronouncements and events.
3. In subsequent and repetitive campaigns to agitate and solicit support from his domestic constituencies to his war agenda, the PP's leader invoked "Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights" as a useful precedent for what he had in mind for Assab.
4. He went further to denigrate and deny Eritrea's independence by stating that "he could not find any legal documents in all Ethiopian Government archives - the Cabinet, Parliament etc. - in relation to Eritrea's independence".
5. His periodic and strident agitations included urging and reminding the Ethiopian Army that its core mission centered on "ensuring and maintaining the security of the Red Sea from the edge of Somalia to the Port of Massawa".
4. Taking their cue from the Potemkin Party's Chief, senior political and military officials dwelt on provocative statements on several public events; essentially to declare that they will correct the "historical mistake" and forcefully occupy the Eritrean port of Assab as well as its entire southern coastline to secure "strategic depth" to their phantom naval force.
5. And, on 27 September last month, the Ethiopian Army's Deputy Chief of Staff openly declared that "the offensive launched in Tigray will not stop there". He went on to state: "Mekelle is a mere stop-over, our ultimate destination is Assab; our main objective is to install our flag in the Red Sea".
6. The hysterical infatuation with the Red Sea must also be seen with previous intentions to wage a war of invasion against Eritrea but that were not publicly divulged at the time. Indeed, the PP regime did not only try to entice the TPLF to join forces for an invasion against Eritrea in confidential meetings in Djibouti and Seychelles during the Tigray War in early/mid 2022, but a confidential report issued by the EU Envoy after her visit to Ethiopia in September 2022 - a couple of months prior to the Pretoria Agreement - bluntly announced that the 2018 Peace Agreement between Eritrea and Ethiopia had become "null and void". These were apparently sinister machinations to which Eritrea had no inkling at the time.
In brief, the Ethiopian regime has been pursuing, in effect, an unprovoked war of aggression against Eritrea for more than three years now in flagrant breach of foundational principles of international law and the UN Charter that prohibit the threat or use of force against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of another Member State.
https://t.co/PUdlL3vZQs
The new-generation artist Blen Fitwi from Norway sings the legendary #Eritrean artist Yemane Baray’s “ሃገረይ ዝበለ፣ ተዘኪሩ ይነብር" on a live stage, proudly representing Eritrean heritage.
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In Asmara's elegant, art-deco-lined boulevards, residents and visitors alike welcomed 2026 with a blend of modern revelry and cultural warmth, under the crisp January sky, reflecting the city's resilient, understated joy on this New Year.
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Despite three decades of inhuman, harsh and unjust economic sanctions imposed by Western powers—and the persistent propaganda by Western media and those selfish individuals who claim to be “justice seekers”
#Eritrea stands - building its youth and future human resource
እዚ ድምጺ ሓፋሽ ኤርትራ’ዩ!
The popular radio service established by the #EPLF in 1979 from a tent in Sahel, celebrates its 47th anniversary today, January 1, 2026 a voice that has guided, united, and inspired the #Eritrean people throughout the struggle and beyond.
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