Freweini Abraham

[Ambassador Estifanos @AmbassadorEstif]

President Trump’s Executive Order 14046 of September 17, 2021 Imposing Sanctions on Officials of #Eritrea With Respect to the Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis in #Ethiopia has been lifted on September 19, 2026. エリトリア エチオピア

[Berhane @EmbassyEritrea]

The US has finally removed the unilateral sanctions on Eritrea today.

Congratulations to the people and Government of #Eritrea for their steadfastness, resilience, and principled approach that made this development a reality.

The unilateral sanctions imposed on Eritrea by the Biden Administration in 2021 were unwarranted and caused undue damage on Eritrea. Now that they have been removed, we welcome this positive gesture and corrective measures taken by the Trump Administration.

Today’s move by the US should mark the beginning of a new chapter in the Eritrea-US relations, that we envision to be grounded in #sovereign respect, mutual interests, and the pursuit of a mutually beneficial #partnership. 🇪🇷🇺🇸

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Eritrea’s Sovereignty Is Not Negotiable: Neither Is the Sovereignty of Any Other African Nation
Embassy of the State of Eritrea
Washington, D.C.
17 August 2026

*"...At the heart of current Eritrea-Ethiopia tensions is a fundamental question that should not be obscured: commercial access to a port is one matter; sovereignty over another country’s coastline or territory is entirely another".

*"...Eritrea has no territorial claim against Ethiopia, demands no Ethiopian land or resources, and seeks no alteration of Ethiopia’s internationally recognized borders. Eritrea has never, in recorded history, opposed Ethiopia’s legitimate commercial use of regional ports through mutually negotiated arrangements. Landlocked countries throughout the world conduct international commerce through neighboring coastal states without acquiring sovereignty over their territory. In fact, commercial necessity creates opportunities for cooperation among countries; it does not create territorial entitlement".

*"...The overall principle at stake extends far beyond Eritrea. Africa’s interstate order rests on respect for inherited international colonial boundaries, sovereign equality, and territorial integrity. If established borders can be reopened because one country is larger, landlocked, economically ambitious or considers another state’s territory strategically necessary, virtually no African boundary would remain immune from challenge".

*"...Eritrea claims no territory belonging to another state and seeks peaceful, mutually beneficial relations with Ethiopia and all its neighbors. What is not open to negotiation is Eritrea’s sovereignty and territorial integrity".

*"...Eritrea’s sovereignty is not a geopolitical bargaining chip. It is an internationally recognized legal right, and the same right upon which the security, sovereignty and territorial integrity of every African nation ultimately depend".
https://t.co/n8P1UmwP21

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

#Eritrea's detractors (እፍሊ ሓንጨመንጪ) have gone completely berserk these days.

This time round, the event that has aroused their irrational tantrums is the nomination, and subsequent appointment, of Eritrea's Charge d'Affaires as Chair-Rapporteur of the 2026 UNHRC Social Forum by the Africa Group.

As it will be recalled, Eritrea's appointment to UNICEF's Executive Board and its recent election to the Vice-Presidency of the 81st UN General Assembly had triggered similar commotion in these feckless groups in the past months.

For two principal reasons: i) any limelight/recognition of Eritrea's voice in the international stage and appreciation of its contributions to multilateral diplomacy pokes a huge hole in their wicked and relentless demonization campaigns; ii) it will ultimately impact on their hefty lobbyists' fees.

As the saying goes: "the camel marches as the dog barks!" - ፈኮስቲ፥ ጃንዳ ርእሲ ኹቦ !

[Ambassador Estifanos @AmbassadorEstif]

Natnael Tesfatsion made the lions in #Eritrea go roaring in happiness today ኣይበልናንዶ! ኣይበልናንዶ! ኤርትራ በሉ ከትድረሩ! ኮቦሮ! ኮቦሮ! እልል በላ ኣዴታታ!! ሰማይ ሰማይ ትደይብ ባንዴራና ! What a joy to watch #Eritrea cycling star shining in Circuito de Getxo - Memorial Hermanos Otxoa 2026 | One day race from Bilbao › Getxo (172.2km) エリトリア

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

President Isaias Afwerki met at State House, in the early afternoon hours today, Chairman of Sudan's Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan,& his delegation for extensive talks on bilateral ties, developments in Sudan & regional/nternational matters of mutual interest.

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Press Statement

The Backdrop of Unwarranted Sanctions
Ministry of Information
Asmara, 6 May 2026

"There are reports these days that the illegal and unilateral US sanctions will soon be lifted. We earnestly hope that this act will indeed herald an enduring rectification of misguided policies to ensure justice, legality and fairness".

https://t.co/MBEsiS1lbc

[Ambassador Estifanos @AmbassadorEstif]

#Eritrea in numbers: ሃለውለው ኔው በልዎ!
> Coastline:3300kms
- mainland:1350kms
- Islands:1950kms
> Islands:354
> Area:124,000 km2
> EEZ:120,000km2
> With history as old as humanity
> Jews, Christians,Islam & Anna followers live in peace & harmony エリトリア

[Berhane @EmbassyEritrea]

Today, our Embassy proudly participated in the highly successful Passport DC event from 9am to 4pm, welcoming nearly 2,500 visitors to experience the rich #culture and #heritage of #Eritrea. Guests enjoyed authentic Eritrean cuisine, a traditional coffee ceremony, historical exhibitions, music, and received QR code cards to learn more about Eritrea through our website.

The event brought together mostly #Americans, along with many other #international visitors, all eager to discover and learn more about Eritrea. A wonderful day of cultural exchange, friendship, and connection.

We were also honored to welcome Eritrean-American comedian and actress #Tiffany #Haddish along with her crew, Kimberly Bassett Washington DC Secretary, and Jan Du Plain the liaison of the over 190 Embassies, who visited the Embassy today added to the spirit of this special occasion.

This success was made possible through the dedicated efforts of the Embassy staff in close coordination with the vibrant #Eritrean #community in the #Washington, DC area. We cannot thank our community enough for the hard work they rendered with passion, commitment, and deep patriotism in making this event a memorable success. #PassportDC
#Eritrea #CulturalDiplomacy

[Ambassador Estifanos @AmbassadorEstif]

Congratulations to HAILE Ghebru for the memorable award. “Wedi May Abashawel” is always “Shaweletay” - the voice of the heroic freedom fighters of our beloved country #Erittea. ጻዕዳ ይጽሕናካ! ዳር ሸ ሕ! (ክንድሽሕ) エリトリア #Eriitrea https://t.co/uefHRFCGsC

[Ambassador Estifanos @AmbassadorEstif]

#Eritrea Railways workers stretching from Port of Massawa into/across the hinterlands didn’t only run efficiently the steam engine trains for >305 Kms: they were indeed the true bedrock of our struggle for independence & setting out a national trajectory エリトリア #MayDay ⁦

[Ambassador Estifanos @AmbassadorEstif]

Few months before May 24, 1991: Remnants of the Revolutionary Army of #Ethiopia surrendered to the People’s Liberation Army of #Eritrea & were safely escorted sequentially to their homes. President of #Ethiopia Memgistu hijacked a plane & left country. エリトリア エリトリア

[Berhane @EmbassyEritrea]

Press Statement

Mischaracterizations Surrounding Prospects for Eritrea-United States #Rapprochement

The #Embassy of the State of #Eritrea in Washington, D.C. takes note of the recent article published by The Wall Street Journal on prospects for resetting relations between Eritrea and the United States.

While the article acknowledges Eritrea's strategic importance in the #Horn of #Africa and the #RedSea corridor, it advances selective narratives with the evident intention of undermining the timely opportunity for constructive engagement. Indeed, and in the same vein, certain, self-styled, pundits have subsequently reverted to alarmist interpretations across media and social platforms, recycling discredited claims and attempting to cast unwarranted doubt on any positive trajectory in Eritrea-U.S. relations. Such commentaries are neither objective nor constructive; essentially, they represent hired lobbyist advocacies disguised as "independent" analysis.

A fundamental reality must be recognized. Decades of pressure, sanctions, and isolation have not produced positive outcomes, neither for #US policy objectives nor for regional stability. There is now increasing acknowledgment, even within U.S. policy circles, that a shift towards engagement, rather than misplaced and unwarranted coercion, is both necessary and overdue. Attempts by some commentators to portray this shift as dangerous reveal more about entrenched biases than about actual conditions on the ground. The persistence of such narratives, often repeated loudly on social media without evidence, reflects a deliberate effort to obstruct progress rather than inform public understanding.

Eritrea's position has been consistent and principled. Since independence, it has pursued a policy anchored in #sovereignty, non-interference, and an independent development policy that eschews structural and perpetual dependency. Eritrea does not subscribe to dependency-based models. Instead, it promotes mutually beneficial partnerships rooted in trade, investment, and respect for national ownership of development priorities; an approach aligned with evolving global trends. Attempts by certain analysts to caricature this policy orientation only expose a lack of seriousness and analytical rigor.

Assertions that improved relations would embolden instability lack credibility.
Eritrea has consistently upheld territorial integrity, international law, and peaceful coexistence. Its regional policy has been guided by, and is anchored on, legitimate security considerations and a clear commitment to stability in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea basin. The repeated efforts by some voices to suggest otherwise, often in inflammatory tones, amount to little more than noise intended to distract from substantive policy discussions.

Equally flawed is the narrative that lifting unilateral U.S. sanctions would have negative consequences. These measures were unwarranted, selectively applied, and counterproductive. They neither advanced peace nor served strategic interests. Their continued defense by a narrow circle of commentators, despite clear evidence of their legality and utility, raises questions about the motivation behind such positions.

As pronounced on several occasions, Eritrea has always been keen to cultivate a respectful, forward-looking, and constructive engagement based on mutual respect, non-coercion, and sovereign equality. The path forward requires moving beyond ineffective policies and dismissing unproductive narratives, particularly those amplified by the whimsical intent of certain individuals bent on derailing progress.

A balanced, fact-based, approach will better serve both nations and contribute to lasting peace and stability in the region.

[エリトリア大使館 @EritreaEmbJP]

#eritrea #エリトリア

[Ambassador Estifanos @AmbassadorEstif]

STOP LAYING! 1648 Peace of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years' War in Europe is the foundation of the modern sovereign nation state systems in the world. Abyssinia (modern-day #Ethiopia) joined the League of Nations in September 1923. エリトリア #Eriitrea #UNSC

[Ambassador Estifanos @AmbassadorEstif]

Ambassador of the Republic of #Guatemala to Japan H.E. Mr. Jacobo Cuyun Salguero paid a curtesy visit to our Embassy today. We exchanged on this occasion ideas and opinions on enhancing mutual common diplomatic efforts with Japan. エリトリア #Eritrea

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

It was indeed a pleasure, Excellency, to discuss with you in greater detail the prospects and opportunities of resuming and expanding bilateral cooperation in capacity building in general as well as specific exchange and training programmes on IT-related themes on Radio/Tv journalism.

[Berhane @EmbassyEritrea]

Press Release:

Tibor Nagy: political maverick with an axe to grind
against Eritrea

In his opinion column on the Horn of Africa published in the Avalanche Journal last week, Tibor Nagy resorts to his usual recipe of disparaging #Eritrea to dish out biased and presumptuous conjectures that are at variance with the principal causes and trajectories of the simmering tension in the region.

This is not surprising in many respects. The former US Assistant Secretary of State for #Africa indeed lacks academic and analytical credentials, and more importantly, personal integrity and honesty as his lop-sided positions and views on the Horn of Africa are often influenced by his lobbying contracts and unorthodox political networks.

His ardent lobbying these days for recognition of #Somaliland; his negative positions on the situation in the #Sudan are additional and illustrative cases in point.

1. In matters regarding Eritrea, Naggy was a pliable supporter of the Ethiopian regime’s violation of international law and continued occupation of Eritrean sovereign lands in breach of the Algiers Peace Agreement and the #EEBC “final and binding” Award when he was the US Ambassador in Addis Abeba.

2. Indeed, while the US was one of the guarantor’s of the #Algiers #Agreement, which contained explicit provisions for punitive measures against the recalcitrant party, Tibor Nagy continued to defend and apologize for the Ethiopian regime’s continued illicit occupation of sovereign Eritrean territories, including #Badme, for almost two decades in flagrant contravention of the Arbitral Award as well as its subsequent, pronounced, policy of “regime change” until 2018. In this perspective, the accolades he showers on the Ethiopian Prime Minister is neither accurate nor deserved as the new regime had only belatedly accepted, important as that was, to respect and adhere to its treaty obligations virtually 16 years after the Arbitral Award.

3. Tibor Nagy’s insinuation that Eritrea was an integral part of the 2000 years old Ethiopian #Empire prior to its independence is also pathetically wrong and panders to deliberately crafted mythology that has nothing to do with the actual history of the region. Prior to the advent of Italian colonialism in the late 19th century, modern-day Eritrea passed through long historical trajectories in which the western and eastern lowlands were under various external occupiers (#Ottoman Empire etc.) while independent indigenous fiefdoms presided over the rest of the country. Historical revisionism and invocation of mythologies are essentially peddled by those who wish to imbue some semblance of justification for the current regime’s expansionist ambitions. #Ethiopia and Eritrea “were one” in Tibor Nagy’s terms only from 1951 until 1991 when Eritrea was forcible annexed by Ethiopia by abrogating the “Federal Act”; the latter imposed on Eritrea against its inalienable rights of decolonization. Tibor Nagy’s reference to small Eritrea – the size of #Pennsylvania – etc. also falls in the same deceitful mold as sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations has no positive correlation whatsoever with geographic landmass.

4. Tibor Nagy’s eulogization of the Ethiopian Prime Minister as “a devout #Evangelical Christian who sees himself as a #Messianic leader doing God’s work on earth” is utterly false and risible, evidently concocted to appeal to certain constituencies in the US. Tibor Nagy has in fact exposed himself as the unscrupulous lobbyist that he is. His assertion that Ethiopia was the second nation in the world to adopt Christianity is cut from the same cloth and historically inaccurate as his other conjectures. This false assertion in fact obfuscates the reality that the #Red #Sea of Eritrea was the gateway for the introduction of Christianity and Islamic traditions into Africa. Incontrovertible historical and archeological findings illustrate that Christianity was introduced by the 4thCentury A.D. into this part of the Horn with the enterprise of Frumentius, a #Christian Monk from Tyre in Syria. The highlands of Eritrea were the locations for the earliest Christian communities in the Horn of Africa although the new faith also spread southwards to Ethiopia in concurrent times.

5. Tibor Nagy also seems to suffer from an apparently compulsive malaise of frenzied defamation of the Eritrean President. It is not clear whether this irrational hatred stems from an occupational hazard as a long-time hired lobbyist for Ethiopia; his personal/ideological loathing of independent policies espoused by Africa’s Statesmen; or the pretension of inconsequential little men who seek attention by throwing dirt on persons far beyond their pedigree and caliber.

6. In a nutshell, Tibory Nagy digresses to dwell on tangential and distorted narratives primarily and principally because his central objective is to divert attention from the root cause of the current problem: the Ethiopian regime’s willful and deplorable agenda of war and conflict in pursuit of what it calls “sovereign access to the sea” by invading the sovereign territory of its neighbor. This dangerous act cannot be justified and rationalized by other fallacious pretexts and narratives. Tibor Nagy is not, evidently, in a position to deliver on this account because he is under the beck and call of his financial sponsors; veritable cases, as it were, of “who pays the piper calls the tune”!

#EritrePrevails

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

#Eritrea - A major Signpost on the Road to Independence: Operation Fenqil

*"...The Battle of Massawa stands as a testament to strategic vision, resilience, and the ability of a well-organized liberation movement to overcome superior numbers and advanced weaponry. Unlike Afabet, which had demonstrated the EPLF’s growing military capabilities, Massawa showcased the organization’s capacity for complex joint operations, integrating land and naval forces to achieve decisive results. It also marked a turning point in the psychological war, signaling to Ethiopian forces and the international community alike that Eritrean independence was no longer a distant dream but an impending reality".

*"...In retrospect, the fall of Massawa exemplifies the confluence of strategy, morale, and historical necessity in shaping the outcome of protracted liberation struggles. The battle reaffirmed that disciplined organization, local knowledge, and strategic innovation could decisively overcome a conventionally superior force. Eritrea’s eventual independence was the culmination of these victories – a hard-won triumph born of decades of struggle, tactical brilliance, and unyielding determination".

https://t.co/uYIUt5BMHi

[Ambassador Estifanos @AmbassadorEstif]

Ambassador of Estonia H.E. Mr. Andres UNGA paid a courtesy visit to our Embassy today. It was a pleasure to learn & mutually exchange old & modern common historical timeline of events in this meeting. No wonder many people confuse #Estonia with #Eritrea and vice versa. エリトリア