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On the border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea
(Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

March 1, 1999

  1. Japan welcomes the fact that on February 27, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki sent a letter to the President of the United Nations Security Council accepting the Organization of African Unity (OAU) Framework Agreement as a step forward to promote a peaceful resolution of the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

  2. Japan expects that the two countries will immediately cease armed conflict and lose no time in starting talks for solving the conflict.

  3. The President of Security Council also issued a statement welcoming the acceptance by Eritrea.

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