Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the United Nations Resolutions on the border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea

May 18, 2000

The Government of Japan expresses its concern on the continued fighting between Ethiopia and Eritrea. The Security Council of the United Nations adopted its resolutions 1297 of 12 May 2000 and 1298 of 17 May 2000, which demanded that both parties immediately cease all military action.
Japan supports the initiative taken by the Security Council of the United Nations toward the definitive settlement of the conflict. Japan strongly hopes that both parties immediately cease any military action and that the peace talks, under auspices of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), will be resumed in response to the resolutions of the Security Council of the United Nations.

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