Border commissioners appointed

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Eritrea said it had appointed two commissioners in line with the Ethio-Eritrea peace agreement, signed in Algiers on 12 December, and had informed the UN Secretary-General of the appointments. An announcement broadcast on state radio said the agreement called on the two countries to establish a border commission consisting of two commissioners from each country within 45 days of the signing. The Eritrean government said it had also informed the UN Secretary-General of the appointment of two commissioners to the compensation commission, and had submitted its legal evidence to the head of the UN Cartographic Unit. Evidence had been submitted through lawyers “in accordance with article eight of paragraph four of the comprehensive peace agreement”, the state broadcast said on 26 January.

Ethiopia also said it had appointed two commissioners to the border commission and another two to the compensation commission. The Ethiopian government had submitted its evidence to the UN cartographer who will serve as secretary of the border commission, the Ethiopian newspaper ‘Reporter’ said on 29 January, in a report monitored by the BBC.