Dutch Action Against Eritrea’s Charge d’Affaires is Unwarranted and Unacceptable

The designation of Eritrea’s Charge d’Affaires as persona non grata constitutes an arbitrary and provocative act that has no consonance with the Vienna Protocol on Diplomatic Relations BY MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS On Tuesday last week, the Dutch Foreign Ministry expelled Eritrea’s Charge d’Affaires to the country, Mr. Tekeste Ghebremedhin, invoking untenable explanations for its […]

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President Isaias Receives Credentials of 11 Envoys

BY SHABAIT President Isaias Afwerki today received at the Denden Guest House the credentials of 11 Ambassadors. The Ambassadors who submitted their credentials are: Mr. Aykut Kumbaroglu of Turkey, Mr.Yang Zigang of the People’s Republic of China, Mr. Joff Otieno Makowenga of the Republic of Kenya, Mr. Raza Bashir Tarar of the Islamic Republic of […]

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Ambassador Negasi Kassa

New Eritrean Ambassador to the Netherlands Presents Credentials

By Shabait, THE Eritrean Ambassador to the European Union, Mr. Negasi Kassa, has presented his credentials to His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands as Eritrea’s non-resident Ambassador to the country. The Ambassador conveyed a message of goodwill from President Isaias Afwerki to King Willem-Alexander and the people of the Netherlands. He expressed the readiness […]

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The New York Times and the Missing Eritrean Footballers

By Simon Tesfamariam, ON May 22, 2014, James Montague penned an article in the New York Times entitled “A National Team Without a Country,” which recounts the two year journey of 18 players on Eritrea’s national soccer team as they migrate from Uganda to the Netherlands. Notably, publication of the article falls just two days […]

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