They are talking about mechanics, what we want to see are tangible results on the ground.

The claims commission does not have jurisdiction on the boundary.

If they think their invasion should be rewarded, it is outrageous. If they are throwing away this peace plan endorsed by the international community, then that means more war.

The critical point is whether there is progress on the cardinal issue: whether Ethiopia has accepted the boundary commission’s decision in good faith. The formal statement from the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry yesterday does not encourage...

In the first place I don’t know about the deadline.

There is heavy shelling and movements of their aircraft. We are just responding and defending our positions.

They have refused to negotiate. These are not the actions of a nation that wants peace.

Meles is not the judge in this case.

They can’t say the war is over when they still occupy sovereign Eritrean territory.

He does not have the right to interpret the Algiers agreement or to question the judgement of the boundary commission.

Ethiopia reached this stage now when it cannot continue militarily. Militarily, they have lost heavily in the past two weeks.

Maybe they have come to the conclusion that they cannot proceed and they want to reinforce the central front.

Ethiopia has to withdraw to all pre-May 6, 1998, positions. This has to be verified independently.