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Ethiopia/ Eritrea Border Clash: Masari Pledges Peaceful Resolution Fct From Ahamefula Ogbu in Abuja Speaker of the House of Representatives yesterday pledged the assistance of Nigeria in the peaceful resolution of the border conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia, while also urging both countries to explore peaceful resolution of their differences. Masari who spoke in his office when the Ethiopian Ambassador Mr. Yohannes Gander Gimba visited him, called on both countries to study recent decisions of the World Court on similar cases and tow similar lines. He advised Ethiopia to include both sides in the Boundary Commission as well as the United Nations in it so as to give it broad-based platform to achieve success. Masari advised both countries to take advantage of the fact the current United Nations Secretary-General was an African and the fact that President Olusegun Obasanjo is the current Chairman of the African Union to press for a lasting peace in the area. Gimba had earlier told Masari that his country sent him to present the case to the House and seek the assistance of Nigeria in finding a peaceful resolution to the border dispute, which he said arose when in May 1998, Eritrean forces allegedly crossed over and occupied villages hitherto under their civilian administration. He said past attempts at resolving the problem, which required Eritrea to withdraw from the region met with resistance and made Ethiopia to exercise their right to self-defence and "expelled" the Eritreans from the region. "The boundary demarcation process, one of the components of the Algiers Agreement, is in Ethiopia's opinion, fatally flawed, principally because no ground survey was carried out, the members of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission did not pay a single visit to the border areas, did not even undertake a helicopter over-flight, and made no effort to consult the people and communities affected, along the border", he said. Who Are We ? | About THISDAYOnLine.com | THISDAY People | Contact Us © Copyright 2000 Leaders & Company Limited

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