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As the UN, other relevant International Institutions, and Governments issue statements on the 25th Anniversary of the Algiers Agreement, the brief remarks of wisdom that President Isaias Afwerki delivered at the signing ceremony: "we (Eritrea and Ethiopia) are not cursed but blessed to be neighbours", carries greater weight and significance today. This is in view of the turbulences that have occurred intermittently in the subsequent period due to willful and repetitive violations of international law by successive Ethiopian regimes. As it will be recalled, Eritrea fully adhered to its Treaty obligations and accepted the final and binding EEBC Award that was rendered on 13 April 2002 without equivocation. But incumbent Ethiopian regimes invoked flimsy and unlawful pretexts first to obstruct and delay the implementation of the EEBC Arbitral ruling, and ultimately to reject, the entire agreement with impunity. The current Ethiopian regime first signaled its decision to abide by, and fully implement, the EEBC Award. This seemingly positive stance led to diplomatic reproachment between the two countries culminating in the signing of the five-point Declaration of Peace and Friendship in Asmara on 9 July 2018. The Agreement heralded, among other things, "the end of the state of war between Ethiopia and Eritrea and the opening of a new ear of peace and friendship", (Article 1); and, "the implementation of the EEBC Award", (Article 4). But barely five years down the road, the current regime has reneged on its commitments to foment a dangerous situation of tension and conflict through its brazen declaration of "acquiring sovereign access to the sea through peaceful means if possible, and force if necessary". These days, the regime has gone further to insinuate the illegitimacy of Eritrea's inviolable independence in flagrant violation of international law, the UN Charter and the AU Constitutive Act. In the circumstances, the critical issue is, and remains, the response of the international community: will it be the usual apathy and appeasement for narrow interests; or prudent use of the substantial leverages and tools at its disposal for the sake of peace and legality?

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As we celebrate the 34th Anniversary of our hard-won Independence, let us ponder on these cogent facts: *Eritrea's legitimate and normative right to decolonization was suppressed in the 1940s on the altar of the geopolitical interests of major powers against the backdrop of the Cold War. *This ignominious decision that flouted international law and the fundamental and inalienable rights of a small nation incubated Africa's longest war of national liberation that raged for three decades to exact unparalleled and inordinate sacrifices from the Eritrean people. *Even after its hard-won independence, Eritrea was subjected to several and unrelenting subterfuges at various junctures in its post-independence trajectory simply because it did not kowtow to the diktats of various powers who could not "tolerate" its independent policies and development agendas. *Eritrea has surmounted and triumphed over all these adverse, and often, bellicose external agendas due to its signature/unparalleled resilience and cohesion. *These are Eritrea's innate attributes. *Eritrea's natural and human endowments are, otherwise, huge by any standards; its potential and prospects for rapid and sustainable economic growth and development in accordance with its independent policies and vision crystal clear. *Reason why its hard-won Independence is cherished so much and the Independence Anniversaries celebrated with such vigour and vibrancy.

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