Eritreans, Ethiopians reaction to Algeria's agreement

The Ethiopians and the Eritreans received news of the peace agreement signed between their two governments in discontent and doubtful. But they said that to forget the bitterness and sorrows resulting from a border war that lasted for two years between their two countries need some times.

At a time when the Ethiopian citizens welcomed the peace agreement with Eritrea after the restoration back of their territories, they ruled out the establishment of good relations with Eritrea because the Eritreans, as they ( the Ethiopians ) said stabbed them in the back, which is enough to continue being cautious.

In Asmara the happiness in the lines of the Eritreans was mingled with doubts towards Ethiopia. The Eritreans described their Ethiopian neighbors as being like foxes who ( the foxes) have only changed their skin after they had failed in winning the war and achieving victories.

There were no celebration in the streets of the streets of the two countries's capitals after signing the peace agreement in Algiers on Wednesday, but the people with all their social strata expressed their satisfaction over signing this agreement which at last ended the war between the two sides.

Worthy mentioning the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea erupted over a piece of land between their joint borders, occupied by the Eritrean forces in May 1998. Fighting between the two countries lasted until July when the Ethiopian forces incurred into the Eritrean territories. After that the two sides approved to cease fire.