PRESS STATEMENT
Hoax News Story on the Phantom “Eritrean Oil Tanker”
This bizarre story is astounding on many counts:
- All the information in the public domain about this ship shows that it is not owned by, and has no links whatsoever with, Eritrea.
- IMO records show that "the ship is flying a false Eritrean flag; i.e, as not owned by or officially registered in Eritrea". This was duly confirmed to Eritrea's Permanent Mission to the IMO.
- Yet, the usual culprits chose to abandon all semblance of journalistic standards to indulge in, and unleash, another despicable campaign of disinformation on Eritrea.
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If #Ethiopia, however, repeatedly violates #Eritrea's #sovereignty, & continues to issue threats of use of force—#aggression—to acquire possession of Eritrean ports & seacoast, then Eritrea is under no obligation to grant "commercial access to sea" to such a belligerent neighbor.
The Potemkin Party's boringly sterile campaign of disinformation against Eritrea to rationalize its illicit and delusional agenda of "sovereign access to the sea" continues unabated by floating shifting ruses at different times.
Revisionist history bordering on political blasphemy; bogus economic and trade arguments for "legitimizing" brazen breach of foundational international pillars on sovereignty and territorial integrity... etc. were invoked in the past two years ostensibly to hoodwink its domestic constituencies and garner some external support.
When these gimmicks lost traction, the new ploy shifted to accusing Eritrea for "acts of regional destabilization" in order to re-package its irredentist and expansionist agendas in the language of "self-defence".
These days, the new variant/mutation seems to revolve on falsely portraying Eritrea as a "malleable proxy" of extraneous forces with detrimental ramifications to peace and stability in the Horn of Africa.
Eritrea's celebrated and well-known policies on political independence and national dignity in its international relations; its principled and consistent stance on nurturing its multi-layered ties of cooperation with its international partners on the basis of symmetry and mutual interest that eschew structural dependency, are too well-known to merit a long discourse here.
In the event, the PP's new ploy belie's its own track-record and innate proclivity to cater for external agendas that are not in consonance with the enduring interests and welfare of the nations and peoples of the Horn.
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Ethiopia is collapsing before our eyes. Conflict in every region, instability everywhere. At this rate, this president could be the last one to make such visits while the country burns.
@Habtishgreat Absolutely true — Ethiopia is on the brink of collapse. Civil war is raging in every corner of the country. This president may very well be the last to visit your uncle “Abbicho” under these circumstances. #EthiopiaaHndsoffkillingCivilian