U-Yemane Meskel ubhale kuTwitter ukuthi "isimo sempi esasikhona phakathi kwala mazwe womabili sesifikile ekugcineni."
Lesi simemezelo sisayinwe ngoMsombuluko ngesikhathi kunengqungquthela ebingakaze ibonwe phakathi kwabaholi bamazwe enhlokodolobha yase-Eritrea, i-Asmara.
Lolu hambo oluyingqophamlando lulandela isimemezelo esenziwa yiqembu elibusayo e-Ethiopia ngoJuni ukuthi sihlela ukufeza ngokuphelele isivumelwano sokuthula esenziwa ne-Eritrea ngo-2000 esaziwa ngokuthi yi-Algiers Agreement, kuhlanganisa nesinqumo esiyinhloko emingceleni esukela ngo-2003 esanqatshwa yi-Ethiopia ekuqaleni.
Impi yemingcele yempi yayilwa kusukela ku-1998 kuya ku-2000 futhi okungenani abantu abangu-70,000 babulawa.
UNdunankulu u-Abiy - umholi wokuqala wase-Ethiopia ukubeka unyawo e-Eritrea engomakhelwane kule nkulungwane yamanje - wamukelwe ngeSonto esikhumulweni sezindiza nguMongameli wase-Eritrea u-Isaias Afwerki nezinye izikhulu eziphezulu.
Izithombe ezithunyelwe ngamalungu ezethulo kumabonakude ezenhlalo zibonakala zibonisa imigwaqo yase-Asmara ihlanganiswe nezixuku namafulege wamazwe womabili.
U-Abiy waqala ukusebenza ngo-Ephreli futhi - ekhuluma kuthelevishini kahulumeni ngemuva komcimbi wokufunga - wanxusa uhulumeni wase-Eritrea ukuba axazulule "ukungezwani kweminyaka." Emasontweni adlule kubonakale imizamo yezokuxhumana phakathi kwamazwe womabili.
UPapa Francis, emthandazweni wakhe u-Angelus ngeSonto eledlule, uchaze lesi sinyathelo esisha “njengesibani sethemba kula mazwe amabili oPhondo lwe-Afrika kanye nezwekazi lonke lase-Afrika,” ngokusho kwe-Vatican News esemthethweni.
"Phakathi kwezingxabano eziningi," kusho uPapa, "ngithanda ukugqamisa uhlelo olungachazwa njengomlando futhi okuyizindaba ezimnandi lezi: kulezi zinsuku, ngemuva kweminyaka engama-20, ohulumeni base-Ethiopia nabase-Eritrea bakhuluma ngabo ukuthula. ”
Ngesikhathi sokudliwa kwesifundazwe ukwamukela ukuthunyelwa kweSonto ngoMsombuluko, uNdunankulu u-Abiy Ahmed umemezele ukuthi amazwe amabili avumile ukuvula kabusha amakhemishana namachweba futhi avumele ukuqhutshwa kwezindiza ukuqinisa ubudlelwane phakathi kwabo, uMeskel wanezela.
