Eritrea is positive on OAU decision on conflict with Ethiopia

Eritrea's President Asyas Afourki has described the decision taken by the Organization of African Unity on extending the mediation role carried out by the Algerian President Abdul Aziz Butaflika in the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea as an important step towards the road of peace.

Afourki said on Thursday in Asmara that the decision voted for at the summit of the OAU in Lome on July 12 pertaining to resuming Butaflika's role in the conflict is considered a very important step to ensure the success of the peace process between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Eritrea's president stressed that a quick decision from the UN Security Council to deploy the " Blue Helmets " will also constitute extra mission. Afourki made this statement upon his arrival back from the 36th summit of the leaders of the states and governments of the OAU held in Lome who asked on Wednesday Butaflika, who presided over the periodical former presidency of the OAU to continue his role as a mediator in the war taking place between the two neighborly countries in the African horn since more than two years.

On June 18, the Organization of African Unity has succeeded in convincing the two sides to sign an agreement in Algiers states, in particular to deploy a UN peace keeping forces but the number and the date for redeploying this force were not determined.