The Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki affirmed his country's support to efforts to finalize peace in Darfur. "The African-Qatari initiative is the only way out for finding peaceful settlement to Darfur issue," he said.
Afwerki told Sudan TV that the Qatari initiative is the only way out of internationalization on one hand, and allowing Sudanese a chance to resolve their problems themselves, on the other. "There is no alternative for Sudanese-Sudanese solutions," he argued, stating that there might be some difficulties and complications to resolving Darfur problem, but Sudanese have overcome them to avert internationalization of the problem or seeking solution by the intervention by Africa, or the United Nations or external forces. "We see in the Qatari initiative the way out," Afwerki reiterated.
The Eritrean President described Sudanese –Eritrean relations as a strategic and will not be affected by passing political positions, stating his country's rejection of the International Criminal Court's warrant for President Omar Al-Bashir as unshakable principle.
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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