In a long interview with Asharq al-Awsat (Thursday, 9th January English
and Arabic editions), on the strategic importance of the Council of Arab
and African States bordering the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, the Saudi
Minister of State for Africa digresses from the central theme to speak
about resolution of conflicts in Africa in a rather deprecating tone.
In this context, the official alludes to Saudi Arabia's "efforts to
resolve differences between brothers in Africa". He then proceeds to
assert: "the Kingdom has harnessed its pioneering Islamic role in this
regard… the first result of those was the historic peace agreement
between Ethiopia and Eritrea".
This description is grossly at variance with the genesis and facts of
the historic agreement. And while we recognize the goodwill of our
international partners, a condescending narrative that belittles Africa
and its achievements is not only improper but also fraught with
blighting the image of the Kingdom.
Ministry of Information
Asmara,
13 January 2020
ጽሕፈት
ፕረስደንት ዝተላኣኸ፣ ነቲ ኣብቲ ብቅድሚ ዓመት ዘጋጠሞ ፈተነ ቀትለት ማህረምቲ ፍርቂ ጎኑ ለሚሱ ዘሎ ጀነራል
ስብሓት ኤፍሬፍ ንምብጻሕ ዝኽልክል ዘዋሪ መልእኽቲ ተቀቢሎም። እቲ ወተሃደራዊ ትእዛዝ ዝመስል ዘዋሪ መልእክቲ
ምኽንያትን ናይ ግዜ ገደብን ኣይገልጽን'ዩ። እዚ ናይ ፈጽም ትእዛዝ እዚ ድሕሪ እቲ ኩነታት ጥዕና ሚኒስተር ጀነራል
ስብሓት ኤፍሬም ኣብ ሕማቕ ደረጃ ከምዘሎ ዝሕብር ዕላላት ናይ ላዕለዎት ሓለፍቲ ሕግደፍ ምስ ተሰመዐ እዩ ዝወጽእ
ዘሎ። ሚኒስተር ስብሓት ኤፍሬም ንኣስታት ሓደ ዓመት ኣብ ዋና ከተማ ሕቡራት ኢማራት ዓረብ ኣቡ ዳቢ ዘሎ ወተሃደራዊ
ሆስፒታል ሕክምናዊ ኣገልግሎት ክረክብ ድሕሪ ምጽናሕ ቅድሚ ሰልስተ ውርሒ ናብ ኤርትራ ተመሊሱ። 
