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Eritrean Envoy Raps Ethiopian PM for “Pathetic” Remarks

November 8, 2015November 8, 2015TesfaNews40 Comments

By TesfaNews, In an interview with the BBC Focus on Africa host Mr. Akwasi Sarpong, Eritrea’s ambassador to the UN Girma Asmerom dismissed Prime Minister Hailemariam’s claim of a link between military service and migration as “pathetic and ridiculous”. Ethiopia’s marionette Prime Minister was heard calling his neighbor Eritrea to change its policy on compulsory youth military […]

Statement by Eritrean Representative During the Adoption of UNSC Resolution on Somalia and Eritrea

October 23, 2015October 23, 2015TesfaNews34 Comments

By The Eritrean Mission to the UN, Mr. President, I would like to thank you and the members of the UNSC for giving my delegation the opportunity to participate in an agenda item that directly affects my country. I wish to extend my sincere thanks to the Chairman of the Committee and those representatives from […]

Ambassador Girma’s Interaction with the UN Sanctions Committee – 9th October 2015

October 15, 2015October 15, 2015TesfaNews51 Comments

By Eritrean Mission to the UN, The following is the full statement that was delivered by Ambassador Girma Asmerom, Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the United Nations, during an informal dialogue with the Security Council Committee Established Pursuant to the UNSC Resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009), in New York.

Eritrea: The Working Method of the Human Rights Council Must be Respected

July 8, 2015July 9, 2015TesfaNews32 Comments

By TesfaNews, ERITREA’S Permanent Representative to the United Nations today criticized a briefing on Eritrea delivered by the President of the Human Rights Council to G77 and China in New York. Ambassador Girma Asmerom in his remark to the Council said that the President’s report was not only procedurally wrong but opinionated and judgmental. “As Ambassador and […]

Eritrea Rejects Ethiopian Government’s Baseless Allegation

November 9, 2013December 12, 2014TesfaNews22 Comments

By Eritrea Mission to AU & UNECA, Ambassador Girma Asmerom, Special Envoy of the President and Eritrea’s Permanent Representative to the AU and UNECA in interviews he gave, on 06 November 2013, to the Tigrigna and Amharic services of the Voice of America (VOA), rejected the attempts by Ethiopian Government officials to associate Eritrea with […]

Eritrea Reopens its African Union Mission in Ethiopia

January 20, 2011August 5, 2013TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

Eritrea has reopened its mission to the African Union, ending years of self-imposed exile from the continental organization. But diplomats say the move does not signal a thaw in relations between Eritrea and its archrival, the African Union host Ethiopia. Eritrea’s ambassador to the African Union Girma Asmerom Tesfay presented credentials this week to AU […]