‘PROUD AS A NATION’ OF HIS NOBEL WIN, TIMELESS TESTIMONY TO LEADER’S IDEALS OF UNITY: PM OFFICE
Addis Abba: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office said on Friday the nation of Ethiopia was proud of his Nobel Peace Prize win, hailing it as testimony to efforts to reform the country and seek peace with Eritrea.
“We are proud as nation,” his office wrote on Twitter after the announcement of Abiy’s win. In a statement, his office further praised the decision as “timeless testimony to the... ideals of unity, cooperation and mutual coexistence that the Prime a Minister has been consistently championing”. “Since PM Abiy Ahmed assumed political leadership in April 2018 he made peace, forgiveness and reconciliation key policy components of his administration,” statement said. “At a national level, the release of tens of thousands of political prisoners, granting of amnesty for political parties charged under the antiterrorism law to return from exile and engage peacefully, widening the space for political parties... are some notable milestones. “At the regional level, ending the two-decade stalemate between Ethiopia and Eritrea has opened up a new dimension of possibilities for co-operation between the two countries.” Statement also pointed to Abiy’s attempts to reconcile differences regionally, among countries across the Horn of Africa. However, despite Abiy’s moves for peace, the Eritrea deal is undermined by lack of tangible progress on issues like border demarcation.
— AFP