Appropriate reconfiguration of National Service & Eritrea's defense architecture thus fall within the sole purview & prerogative of the Government & people of Eritrea. Seemingly sanctimonious and/or unsolicited "advice" cannot, indeed, mask the ulterior motives of its purveyors.
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Yemane G. Meskel @hawelti
Secondly, Eritrea's defense architecture will never be auctioned or outsourced to external bodies & entities; least of all to unconscionable external powers who supported, condoned or kept mum when the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity were flagrantly violated
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Yemane G. Meskel @hawelti
First off, National Service was never indefinite as it is limited to 18 months by law. If it was prolonged, this did not stem from deliberate GOE policy choice. It was imposed by belligerent party which violated international law with impunity; with active/tacit external support
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Yemane G. Meskel @hawelti
#Eritrea's rabid detractors seem to desperately latch on "indefinite" National Service for a "new smear campaign" as their old tools of harassment have crumbled like a deck of cards on the rock of Eritrea's resilience & the prevailing climate of regional peace and cooperation
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Yemane G. Meskel @hawelti
Justice Minister Fozia Hashim presided over the opening of three-day Annual Conference of the National Council of Eritrean Americans (NCEA), that was convened in the Bay Area, California this Wednesday. The Conference will be followed by the Festival of Eritreans in North America
