Russian senior diplomat, Eritrea president discuss lifting of UN SC anti-Eritrea sanctions

President Isaias Afwerki received at State House Russian delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Mikhail L. Bogdanov.


The sides reaffirmed their willingness to deepen political dialogue and to coordinate their foreign policies on the basis of fundamental principles of international law

By TASS

Russian President’s Special Representative for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and Eritrea President Isaias Afwerki held talks in Asmara on bilateral cooperation and removal of the anti-Eritrea sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

"At the talks, also attended by Eritrea Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Mohammed, [they] focused on a range of issues related to further development of the Russian-Eritrean mutually beneficial cooperation in trade, economic and humanitarian spheres with an emphasis on promising joint projects on development of mineral resources, finance, education and personnel training," the ministry said.

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The sides reaffirmed their willingness to deepen political dialogue and to coordinate their foreign policies on the basis of fundamental principles of international law and similar positions of the two countries on topical international issues.

"Apart from that, [they] stated that international efforts are needed to support the soonest solution to all disagreements among the nations in the Horn of Africa and to strengthen relations of good neighborhood, stability and security in that region. In this context, they focused on a task of the soonest end to the process of normalization between Eritrea and Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti and a complete removal of anti-Eritrean sanctions imposed the UN Security Council," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

In 2009, the UN Security Council imposed international sanctions on Asmara for its support of anti-government groups destabilizing the political situation in the region. In 2011, the sanctions were toughened after Eritrea was accused of planning an unrealized terror attack with the aim of disrupting an African Union summit in Addis-Ababa.

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President Isaias met and held talks with Russian delegation

By MOI Eritrea | Shabait

President Isaias Afwerki met and held talks today at the State House with Russian delegation headed by Mr. Mikhail Leonidovich Bogdanov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

At the meeting President Isaias underlined Eritrea’s readiness to strengthen bilateral relations and cooperation in all sectors.

Mr. Mikhail L. Bogdanov on his part commending the bold initiative Eritrea took to bring peace and stability in the Horn of Africa expressed his country’s readiness to develop trade and investment cooperation with the Horn African countries in general and with Eritrea in particular.

The meeting was attended by Mr. Osman Saleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Presidential Adviser Mr. Yemane Gebreab and Mr. Amin Hassan, Director of the Office of the President on the Eritrean side and Mr. Azim A. Yarakhmedov, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian federation in the State of Eritrea and Mr. Oleg B. Ozerov, Deputy Director of the Department of Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia on the Russian side.

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