Good Day :The South Sudanese Mediation between Ethiopia and Eritrea (9) - Sudan Vision

According to the mentioned article that written on the "African Arguments” website, the writer, Professor Mike Woldemariam sees there were several objections between the countries (Ethiopia and Eritrea) and the list seemed to grow longer as time wore on. Some observers from the Ethiopian side said that the Eritrean referendum on independence did not guarantee Ethiopia’s access to the sea, an issue that many believed imperiled the nation’s economic security, and created the impression that Eritrea had acquired the benefits of secession, but paid none of the costs. In reality, the Ethiopian economy is getting better since the independence of Eritrea, and for this very reason, other observers say that if the new situation has guaranteed peace for Ethiopia, the other issue of the seaport will be solved by other ways.
Mike Woldemariam's argument is not just a critical point of view on this issue, it is a general argument on separation experiences all around the world. The same argument raised by some observers against Juba and Southerners, saying that South Sudan had acquired the benefits of secession, but paid none of the costs. Both arguments have nothing to do with the right to a referendum for the countries.
To be more honest and fair, we have to say that the EPRDF's government led by the late Ato. Meles Zenawi proved it was a wise and responsible government when it fulfilled its obligations. The same thing was done by the NCP government when it implemented the CPA "Naivasha Agreement 2005" and the referendum in 2011 peacefully. African media must take a positive role in promoting that and new positive developments, like South Sudan’s mediation between Ethiopia and Eritrea declared last October by Deng Alor, the South Sudanese Minister for Cabinet Affairs.
It seems that all countries have direct involvement in other countries, and their moral duty is to make this involvement positive and helpful. Moreover, there is an urgent need for the AU, IGAD, CISSA and other regional organizations to take active roles in maintaining peace and security in East Africa. All these organizations must be questioned on their slow or absent role on Ethiopian Eritrean disputes.

According to the mentioned article that written on the "African Arguments” website, the writer, Professor Mike Woldemariam sees there were several objections between the countries (Ethiopia and Eritrea) and the list seemed to grow longer as time wore on. Some observers from the Ethiopian side said that the Eritrean referendum on independence did not guarantee Ethiopia’s access to the sea, an issue that many believed imperiled the nation’s economic security, and created the impression that Eritrea had acquired the benefits of secession, but paid none of the costs. In reality, the Ethiopian economy is getting better since the independence of Eritrea, and for this very reason, other observers say that if the new situation has guaranteed peace for Ethiopia, the other issue of the seaport will be solved by other ways.
Mike Woldemariam's argument is not just a critical point of view on this issue, it is a general argument on separation experiences all around the world. The same argument raised by some observers against Juba and Southerners, saying that South Sudan had acquired the benefits of secession, but paid none of the costs. Both arguments have nothing to do with the right to a referendum for the countries.
To be more honest and fair, we have to say that the EPRDF's government led by the late Ato. Meles Zenawi proved it was a wise and responsible government when it fulfilled its obligations. The same thing was done by the NCP government when it implemented the CPA "Naivasha Agreement 2005" and the referendum in 2011 peacefully. African media must take a positive role in promoting that and new positive developments, like South Sudan’s mediation between Ethiopia and Eritrea declared last October by Deng Alor, the South Sudanese Minister for Cabinet Affairs.
It seems that all countries have direct involvement in other countries, and their moral duty is to make this involvement positive and helpful. Moreover, there is an urgent need for the AU, IGAD, CISSA and other regional organizations to take active roles in maintaining peace and security in East Africa. All these organizations must be questioned on their slow or absent role on Ethiopian Eritrean disputes.