Invited foreign nationals arrive here to participate in 3rd National Youth Festival By MOI
Asmara, 15 July 2008 – Invited foreign nationals from different countries have arrived in Eritrea to participate in the 3rd National Youth Festival, according to the preparatory committee.
So far, participants from a number of countries, including Ethiopia, Somalia, Japan and Kenya have already arrived in Asmara.
The chairman of the Festival’s preparatory committee, Ismael Mussa, welcomed the foreign participants at a ceremony. The leader of the Japanese group, Kohei Yamada, said that they are delighted to participate in the Festival and expressed appreciation to the hospitality accorded them. He further explained that the festival would create solid groundwork for strengthening relations between Eritrean and Japanese youths.
Reports indicated that the Japanese participants would ride on bicycle fro and to Asmara-Foro in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and the Eritrean Sports Commission. A member of the group, Mio Yamasaki, who visited Eritrea twice, expressed appreciation to the NUEYS for inviting them to take part in the Festival.
Demonym Eritrean Government Provisional government
- President Isaias Afewerki
Independence
- From Italy November 1941
- From United Kingdom under UN Mandate 1951
- from Ethiopia de facto 24 May 1991
- From Ethiopia de jure 24 May 1993
Area
- Total 117,600 km2 (100th)
45,405 sq mi - Water (%) 0.14%
Population
- 2009 estimate 5,224,000[4] (109th)
- 2008 census 5,291,370
- Density 43.1/km2 (165th)
111.7/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2010 estimate
- Total $3.625 billion[5]
- Per capita $681[5]
GDP (nominal) 2010 estimate
- Total $2.117 billion[5]
- Per capita $397[5]
HDI (2007) steady 0.472 (low) (165th)
Currency Nakfa (ERN)
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)
- Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+3)
Drives on the right
ISO 3166 code ER
Internet TLD .er
Calling code 291
1 ,. National TV: Eritrea Television (ERI-TV)
Eritrea (play /ˌɛrɨˈtreɪ.ə/ or /ˌɛrɨˈtriːə/;[6] Ge'ez: ኤርትራ ʾErtrā, Arabic: إرتريا Iritrīyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast. The northeast and east of the country has an extensive coastline on the Red Sea, directly across from Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands are part of Eritrea. Eritrea's size is approximately 117,600 km2 (45,406 sq mi) with an estimated population of 6 million...
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