OAU statement on the Eritrea-Ethiopia conflict
Eritrea-Ethiopia, Politics, 7/26/1999

Here is the full text of the Organization of African Unity press release on the Eritrea-Ethiopia Conflict issued by the OAU Information Division:

As part of the efforts to ensure the speedy implementation of the OAU Framework Agreement for the Resolution of the Dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea and the implementation Modalities adopted by the Algiers Summit and in consultation with the OAU Secretary General, H.E. Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria and Current Chairman of the OAU, dispatched to Addis Ababa and to Asmara a delegation led by his Special Envoy, Mr. Ahmed Ouyahia.

The OAU Delegation held talks with H.E. Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on 23 and 24 July 1999 and with H.E. Isaias Afwerki, President of the State of Eritrea on 23 and 25 July 1999.

The OAU Delegation welcomed the confirmation by Ethiopia and Eritrea of their acceptance of the Framework Agreement and the Modalities for its implementation.

The OAU Delegation also noted the clear disposition of Ethiopia and Eritrea to contribute to the speedy implementation of the Framework Agreement and the Modalities. In that regard the two Parties indicated that they were looking forward to the OAU submitting to them the practical arrangements specifying the details of the implementation of the Framework Agreement and the Modalities.

On its part and with reference to the relevant provisions of the Framework Agreement and the Modalities, the OAU Delegation called upon Ethiopia and Eritrea to contribute to the preservation of the situation of calm obtaining on the ground and to refrain from any action and statement which could complicate matters and jeopardize the establishment of the atmosphere of serenity which is required for the implementation of the Framework Agreement and the Modalities. The OAU Delegation was encouraged by the reaction of the two Parties which expressed their will to act in that direction to facilitate the on-going efforts of the OAU.

Furthermore, the Delegation pointed out to the two Parties that the OAU, in cooperation with the UN and other partners, would submit, as soon as possible, the necessary technical arrangements for the full implementation of the Framework Agreement and the Modalities adopted by the OAU and accepted by the two Parties. In this context, the two Parties agreed to send to Algiers their respective delegations in order to finalize the technical arrangements that would facilitate the commencement of the implementation of the Framework Agreement and the Modalities.

Addis Ababa and Algiers, Monday, 26 July 1999

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