By Omar Faye, APA Special Correspondent in Addis Ababa
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) The African Union (AU) has allowed Eritrea to open a diplomatic representation at the AU Commission ’’as soon as possible’’ to enable the authorities of that country to participate in the meetings of the pan-African organization, APA learns on Tuesday from a source close to the Union.
The Eritrea mission to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, will be solely accredited to the AU, said the President of the Commission in a letter addressed to the Foreign Minister of Eritrea, copied to APA during the 14th ordinary session of the summit of the continental organization that has ended its work on the same day in the Ethiopian capital.
According to Jean Ping, the mission will neither undertake, nor pursue bilateral activities and the staff will hold office only in Addis Ababa at the headquarters of the AU.
In a letter addressed to the President of the AU Commission, the Eritrean Minister of Foreign Affairs condemned the Ethiopian government’s refusal to accept a representation of his country to the AU.
Eritrea has no ambassador to the AU for ten years, he said.
“Eritrea was denied its right to participate in summits and other meetings of the AU in Addis Ababa because of the refusal of Ethiopia to grant the same diplomatic and security guarantees granted to all member states”, the Eritrean official said in his letter to Ping.
State of Eritrea ሃገረ ኤርትራ Hagere Ertra دولة إرتريا
Dawlat Iritrīya
Anthem: Ertra, Ertra, Ertra Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea
Capital (and largest city) Asmara
15°20′N 38°55′E / 15.333°N 38.917°E / 15.333; 38.917
Official language(s) Tigrinya, Arabic, English Other languages Tigre, Saho, Bilen, Afar, Kunama, Nara, Hedareb,.
Ethnic groups 60% Tigrinya, 30% Tigre, 4% Afar, 3% Saho, 3% Kunama
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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