Keynote Address By President Isaias Afwerki on 32nd Independence Anniversary
May 24, 2023
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Dear Participants,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
On the occasion of the 32nd Anniversary of our Independence, allow me to express my congratulations to the people of Eritrea inside the country and abroad, as well as to the friends of Eritrea and all free peoples in the world. Let me also express my profound gratitude to all those who have contributed in producing expressive, inspiring and impressive cultural themes and spectacles to imbue additional splendor to this auspicious date.
Our Independence Day this year (2023) is being celebrated at a historical juncture when our independence, sovereignty and national cohesion have become more reinforced and our inexorable march to achieve development and economic growth is proceeding at an accelerated pace. The unfolding promising trend is marked by its own special excitement as it provokes questions and challenges on its substance and trajectory. On the other hand, this promising development invariably impels our adversaries – who oppose our independence, sovereignty, cohesion, development and prosperity – to hatch new plots and revamp their toolkits of harassment. The latter will evidently require devising, on our part, a different and judicious approach of challenge-mitigation or resolution.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
As I underlined in my message of last year, the ploy that the forces of global domination – principally the Washington clique and its allies – have employed against our liberation and independence for the past eighty years that entangled three generations of our people, is to drive a wedge between Ethiopia and Eritrea and to instigate war incessantly. That this ploy has not succeeded is an indelible truth that does not leave any space for ambiguity. In the last five years, when a “new chapter had ushered in”, Washington instigated, through its presumed “proxies”, three military offensives to roll back the positive trend. The final third offensive was deterred through coordinated defensive operations. And despite some lingering reservations, the phenomenon has been instructive in many respects giving rise to hope and optimism for enduring peace.
Plaudits to the Eritrean Defense Forces!
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The peoples and nations of Africa, (and naturally the peoples and nations of the Horn of Africa), need to cultivate and bolster both continental and regional frameworks of integration in order to preserve their independence and sovereignty. This is not an option; but an obligation. This is precisely the reason why the Government of Eritrea has exerted, in the past thirty years, relentless efforts for sustainable and common economic growth; to promote stability; to combat terrorism and other acts of subversion; and for regional integration.
But as we take stock of various unfolding developments that instill hope and optimism, there are also worrisome instances – such as the conflict that has erupted in the Sudan – that warrant concern and attention. This will not of course diminish in any way the resoluteness of our pledge. As I tried to elucidate during my last interview, for the people of the Sudan, the features of the transition phase towards a Safe Gate is indeed crystal clear and unambiguous. Yet, inappropriate domestic handling coupled with external meddling had derailed the process to precipitate a perilous situation. As it happens, the situation demands serious and prompt regional initiative.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The prevailing promising domestic situation in our country and its progress– notwithstanding some worrisome regional developments and its future trends – must be appraised objectively within the perspectives, correlation, and impact of current international developments that are fraught with spawning a global crisis. From a broad analytical assessment, it can be fairly asserted that the global reality is in a transition phase towards a new international order to supplant the futile attempts of the last thirty years to install and bolster a unipolar world order. The defunct NATO Alliance led by the Washington clique, and the financial alliance of the fractious European Union, seem to be enveloped in futile attempts to resuscitate, through intensive care, their worn-out agendas of domination. This is the current trend that might foment global instability.
There is nothing novel in their philosophy or pronounced goals. Their history and culture spanning for generations revolves around,
dividing the world into spheres of influence so as to assert domination and usurp the resources, riches, and opportunities of others.
However, in the past 30 years, after the end of the Cold War and with the disintegration, due to mistakes of the leadership, of the former Soviet Union that they considered as their primary “rival”, they entertained a fallacious and premature notion of possessing unassailable power under the mantra: “the world will henceforth be ours”. With these reckless and ambitious adventures, they promoted a policy of containment and sought to establish a monopoly in all fields (economic, military and technological… power) that brooks no competition from any other aspiring major power. As such, they have declared an open war to deter the emergence of potential rivals.
In the early 1990s, their main perceived threat was Russia and their policy of “containment” was targeted towards it. During that time, they perceived China as a source of cheap labour with energy advantages. As such they wrongly thought that they could exploit its labour. They were not gripped then by worry or panic as it is the case now. But as China’s colossal advantages and its inexorable rise became evident, and despite the hypocrisy of their propaganda, China became and was seen as posing the principal threat to them. The greatest part of their “containment” tentacles and preoccupations is thus directed, these days, at China.
The dangerous alliances that the US and its allies are trying to forge in different parts of the world, will ultimately fail. Nonetheless, it has the potential to multiply & exacerbate prevalent crises to entail grave disasters. In the event and putting aside its detailed actual situation and future trends, the imperative of fostering the friendship and cooperation of the free peoples of the world through a broad global solidarity so as to deter the negative consequences of these reckless adventures and bring about a new international order where justice prevails, is uncontroversial indeed.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
As we move forward by objectively assessing our domestic, regional and continental realities within the perspective and framework of global developments, and at this particular juncture of promising global changes, Washington has recently released a (policy) document on Eritrea, which does not have new contents, under the title of “Integrated Country Strategy”.
The over-arching gist of the document, is the demonization and defamation of Eritrea. To this end, it peddles numerous cheap and pejorative adjectives and labels. The attempts it makes to falsely accuse the Eritrean Defense Forces of committing violations, are not few. In this context, the panic it displays regarding the National Service is obvious indeed. It does not conceal its apprehensions on China; the latter’s growing influences and the danger that this may pose to it. The document alleges that China is working to dominate the UN; and that the US will vigorously work to contain China; prevent it from investing in Eritrea and uproot its “influence’’ in the country. The ultimate objective of the strategy is to isolate Eritrea, and, weaken it through economic sanctions. The strategy also includes undermining and limiting Eritrea’s role in the region. It also proposes devising various means to hoodwink and enlist the allegiance of future generations in the country. That the document is a declaration of war is self-explanatory indeed.
Such reckless interventions which are in contravention of international laws; that violate the independence and sovereignty of a people, and that disrupt regional stability do not only corroborate Washington’s behavior. They also amplify the Administration’s failures and bankruptcy. It is not difficult to read between the lines and second-guess the contents of other classified and unpublished documents. In the event, the panacea and the way forward consists of reviewing and polishing plans of resistance at the domestic, regional and international levels and mobilizing the necessary resources towards that end.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
As usual, the major part of our all-rounded defensive strategy is not determined by our subjective choices. It is invariably shaped by the strategy of our adversaries. In this respect, the contours of the field are very clear. Our independence, sovereignty and cohesive ranks that have been reinforced by our triumphant and cumulative experiences, inspire us further to multiply our efforts in marching towards development and prosperity. Moreover, there is no need of a reminder that the revised plans in infrastructure, energy, water, fisheries, agriculture, mining, social services, and vast investments by the public will require higher initiative and innovation to yield greater output. And, against the backdrop of the hostilities, we will not be complacent or relax our vigilance to bolster our independence, sovereignty and national cohesion to ascertain stability that is conducive for development.
The tasks that we must accomplish at the regional and international levels will also be pursued in tandem with, and with the same vigour as, our domestic priorities.
Glory to Our Martyrs!
Victory to the Masses!
ቃል ፕረዚደንት ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ ኣብ ጽምብል መበል 32 ዓመት ናጽነት ኤርትራ
ዝኸበርክንን ዝኸበርኩምን
ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ውሽጢን ወጻኢን፣ ምስ ኩሎም ፈተውቱን ሓራ ህዝቢ ዓለምን፣ ዮሃና ንዕለተ ናጽነት 32! ነዛ ዕዝዝቲ ዕለት ንምምዕራግ፣ ኣበዮ ቦትኡ፣ ገላጺን ቀስቃሲን መሳጢን መሰናድኦታት ኣብ ምድላው፣ ኣበርክቶ ንዝገበሩ ኩሎም ከኣ፡ ልዑል ምስጋና!
ዕለተ ናጽነት 2023፤ ናጽነትናን ልዑላዊነትናን ውህደትናን ዝያዳ ተዀሊዑ፤ ምረሻና ንልምዓትን ዕብየትን ጐልቢቱ ኣብ ዝኸደሉ ታሪኻዊ እዋን’ያ ትብዓል ዘላ። መጻኢ’ዚ ዓቢ ተስፋ ዝህብ ክስተት/ኩነት፤ እንታይን ብኸመይን? ዝብሉ ብድሆታት’ውን ስለዘበጋግስ፤ ናቱ ፍሉይ ተነሽጦ (excitement) ኣለዎ። እዚ ቀስቃሲ ምዕባለ’ዚ፤ ነቶም ናጽነትናን ልዑላዊነትናን ውህደትናን ልምዓትናን ራህዋናን ዘይስነቐሎም ዝጠፈሹ ተጻባእቲ፣ ዝበለየ መጻሕፍቶም እናገናጸሉ፤ ምህዞታት ተንኰል ሃሰው ዝብሉሉ ኣጋጣሚ’ውን ስለዝዀነ፤ ካልእ ዓይነት ብልሓተ-ብድሆ ዝሓትት’ዩ።
ዝኸበርክንን ዝኸበርኩምን
ኣብ ናይ ሎሚ ናጽነት’ውን ከምዝጠቐስክዎ፤ ኣብ ናይ’ዚ ዝሓለፈ፣ ናይ ሰለስተ ወለዶታት፣ ኣስታት 80 ዓመታት መዋእል፤ ዓለማውያን ሓይሊታት ዕብለላ፤ ብቐንዱ ጃንዳታት ዋሺንግተንን ሰብ-ኪዳኖምን፤ ኣንጻር ሓርነትናን ናጽነትናን ኪጥቀሙሉ ዝጸንሑ ሽጣራ፤ ኢትዮጵያን ኤርትራን ኣናቚትካ፤ ቀጻሊ ኲናት ምስዋር’ዩ ነይሩ። ንዝዀነ ጥርጣረ ቦታ ዘይገድፍ ሓቂ ኸኣ፡ እቲ ሽጣራ ከምዘይሰርሐ፣ ዘረጋግጽ ጥራይ’ዩ። ኣብ’ዚ ዝሓለፈ ሓሙሽተ ዓመታት፤ “ሓድሽ ምዕራፍ ተገንጺሉ” ኣብ ዝተባህለሉ፤ ዋሺንግተን፡ ነቲ ኣወንታዊ ክስተት ንምቕልባስ፤ ብወከልተይ እትብሎም፤ ሰለስተ ዓበይቲ ወተሃደራዊ መጥቃዕቲታት’ያ ኣካዪዳ። እዚ ናይ መወዳእታ ሳልሳይ መጥቃዕቲ፤ ብውሁድ ምክልኻል ስለዝተገትአ ኸኣ፤ ምስናይ ሓደ-ሓደ ስክፍታታት፤ እቲ ምዕባለ መለበሚ ኰይኑ፣ ንመጻኢ ዕድል ሰላም ኪኸፍት ተስፋ/ትጽቢት ህዝቢታት ተነቢሩሉ’ሎ። ሞሳ ንሓይልታት ምክልኻል ኤርትራ።
ዝኸበርክንን ዝኸበርኩምን
ህዝቢታትን ሃገራትን፣ ቀርኒ-ኣፍሪቃን ኣፍሪቃን፤ ናጽነቶምን ልዑላዊነቶምን ኪኖ ምሕላው፤ ዞባዊን ክፍለ-ዞባዊን ጥምረታት እናነደቑ ኪጐዓዙ፤ ግድነት’ምበር ሕርያ ኣይኰነን። ስለ’ዚ ኸኣ’ዩ፣ ኣብ’ዚ ዝሓለፈ ሰላሳ ዓመታት፤ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ፣ ንዘላቒ ሓባራዊ ቁጠባዊ ዕብየትን፤ ንርግኣትን፤ ምምካት ሽበራን፣ ጸረ-ድሕነታዊ ሸርሒታትን፤ ንዞባዊ ጥምረት ከይተሓለለ ዝሰርሐ። ብዙሕ ተስፋ ዝህብ ክስተታት እናሃለወ ግን፣ ከም’ዚ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ወርሒ፣ ኣብ ሱዳን ዝተወልዐ ወተሃደራዊ ግጭት፤ ጽንዓት መብጽዓና’ኳ ተዘይተንከፈ፤ ኣሰካፊን ዝያዳ ኣቓልቦ ዝሓትትን ምዕባለ’ዩ። ኣብ ዝተኻየደ ቃለ-መሕትት ከብርሆ ከምዝፈተንኩ፤ ናይ ህዝቢ ሱዳን መሰጋገሪ መድርኽ ናብ በሪ ኣማን፤ ሓጺርን ንጹርን ጐደና እናሃለዎ፤ ብዘይቅርዑይ ዘቤታዊ ኣተኣላልያን፣ ቅሉዕ ግዳማዊ ምትእትታዋትን፤ እቲ ጉዕዞ ካብ መኣዝን ስለዝወጸ፤ ሓደገኛ ምዕባለታት ኣኸቲሉ፡ ዘየላቡ ዕቱብ ዞባዊ ተበግሶ ከምዝሓትት ኣብሪሁ ኣሎ።
ዝኸበርክንን ዝኸበርኩምን
ትስፉው ዘቤታዊ ኩነታትናን ምዕባለታቱን፤ ምስ ሓደ-ሓደ ዘሰክፍ ዞባዊ ክስተታት፤ ኣብ ውሽጢ ዓለማዊ ነውጺ ዝመስል ኩነታት ዝርአን፤ ዝምድናታቱን ተጸላላዊነቱን፤ ብወድዓዊነት ምግንዛብ ዝሓትት’ዩ። ብሓፈሻዊ ትንታኔኣዊ ኣገማግማ፤ ካብ ናይ ኣስታት 30 ዓመታት፣ ናይ ከንቱ (futile) ህቀና ንእንኮ-ቐጽራዊ ዓለማዊ ስርዓት፤ ናይ ሓድሽ ዓለማዊ-ስርዓት ንሰጋገር ኣሎና፣ ኪብሃል ይከኣል። ጃንዳ ዋሺንግተን ዝመርሖ፣ ዝጠፈሸ ኪዳን ሰሜን-ኣትላቲክ ኰነ፣ ዝተፈራኸሸ ናይ ገንዘባዊ ኪዳን ኤውሮጳዊ ሕብረት፤ ንዘቘልዐ ዓማጺ ኣጀንዳታቶም፣ ጽዑቕ-ክንክን (intensive care) ንምግባር ዘካይዱዎ ከንቱ ህቀናታት፤ ዓለም ረቢሹ ዘሎ እዋናዊ ተርእዮ እዩ።
ፍልስፍናኦም ኰነ ሸቶታቶም፤ ሓድሽ ምህዞ የብሉን።
እዩ፣ ናይ ወለዶታት ታሪኾምን ባህሎምን።ዘይናትካ ሃብቲን ጸጋን ዕድልን ምእንቲ ክትግብት፤ ዓለም ኣብ ናይ ጽልዋ ክሊታት ከፋፊልካ ዓብልል
ኣብ’ዚ ዝሓለፈ 30 ዓመታት፣ ድሕሪ ምኽታም ዝሑል ኲናት ግን፤ በጋጣሚ ጌጋታት መራሕታ፤ እታ ቀዳመይቲ “መወዳድርትና” ዝብሉዋ ሶቭየት-ነበር ስለዝተፈራኸሸትሎም፤ “ደጊም ዓለም ናትና ክትከውን’ያ!” ካብ ዝብል ዘጋለበ ህንጡይ ዕንደራ ዘሊሎም፤ “ድረታ” ዝሰመዩዎ ውጥን ኣዋዲዶም፤ ኣብ ኩሉ ዓውዲታት ጸብለልትነት፣
ብቑጠባዊን ወታሃደራዊን ቴክኖሎጂያዊን … ሓይሊ) ዝዳረገና/ዝወዳደረና ጐብለል ኪህሉ የብሉን
ኢሎም፤ ክፉት ኲናት ኣዊጆም’ዮም ኪጐዓዙ ጸኒሖም።
ኣብ መጀመርያ 90ታት፤ እታ ቀዳመይቲ ስግኣት ዝቘጽሩዋ ሩስያ ስለዝነበረት፤ “ድረታ” ናብኣ ዘዝበለ’ዩ ነይሩ። ኣብ’ቲ እዋን’ቲ፣ ንቻይና ከም ምንጪ ሕሱር ዓያዪ ጸጋን፣ ብልጫታት ጸዓትን፤ ከም ጉልበት ክንምዝምዛ ንኽእል ኢና ኢሎም፣ ብጌጋ ስለዝገመቱ፤ ከም’ዚ ሕጂ ርዒዶሞ ዘለዉ፣ ኣይተሰከፉላን። ናይ ቻይና ዓርሞሽሽ ብልጫታት እናጐልሐ ምስ ወጸ ግን፤ ምስናይ ዘካየዱዎ ናይ ምምጽዳቕ ፕሮፖጋንዳ፤ ቻይና፣ ቀዳመይቲ ስግኣቶም ኰይና፤ ዝዓበየ ናይ “ድረታ” ሻቕሎቶምን ቍርቍሶምን፤ ኣንጻራ ዝቐንዐ’ዩ።
እዚ ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ከባቢታት ዓለም፣ ብዋሺንግተንን ሰዓብታን ኪህንደስ ዝፍተን ዘሎ ሓደገኛ ኪዳናት፤ ምፍሻሉ ዘይተርፍ’ኳ እንተዀነ፤ ቅልውላዋት እናራብሐ፤ ዕንወት ከኸትል ስለዝኽእል፤ ዝርዝራዊ ክዉን ምዕባለታቱን፣ ንበያታቱን፣ ብጐኒ ገዲፍካ፤ ብሰፊሕ ዓለማዊ ምትሕብባር፤ ኣሉታዊ ሳዕቤናት’ቲ ዕንደራ ንምውጋድን፤ ሓድሽ ናይ ፍትሒ ዓለማዊ ስርዓት ንምምጻእን፤ ናይ ሓራ ህዝቢታት ዓለም፣ ምሕዝነትን ምትሕብባርን ኣድላዪነት፣ ዘከራኽር ኣይኰነን።
ዝኸበርክንን ዝኸበርኩምን
ዘቤታዊ ይኹን፣ ዞባዊን ክፍለ-ዓለማዊን ኩነታትና፤ ምስ ዓለማዊ ምዕባለታት ብወድዓዊነት እናዛመድና ኣብ ‘ንጐዓዘሉ፤ ከም ኣጋጣሚ፤ ኣብ’ዚ ትስፉው ዓለማዊ ምቅይያራት ዝረኣየሉ ዘሎ ሃዋሁ፤ ሓድሽ ኣለዎ’ኳ ‘ተዘይተባህለ፤ ኣብ’ዚ ቀረባ እዋን ዝተዘርግሐ “ጥሙር ሃገራዊ እስትራተጂ” (Integrated country Strategy) ዝተሰምየ ሰነድ ዋሺንግተን’ዩ።
ኣብ ኣጠቓላሊ ትሕዝቶኡ፤ ኤርትራ ንምስይጣንን፣ መልክዓ ንምድዋንን፣ ዝገፋፈጦ ሕሱር ቅጽላት ብዙሕ’ዩ። ሓይሊታት ምክልኻል ኤርትራ፣ ብግህሰት ንምጥቃን ዝገብሮ ህቀና’ውን ውሑድ ኣይኰነን። ካብኡ – ናብኡ፤ ብዛዕባ ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት ዘለዎ ራዕዲ ርኡይ’ዩ። ብዛዕባ ቻይናን ጽልዋኣን ኰነ፣ ዝሓልሞ ሓደጋታትን’ውን ከይሓብአ፤ ቻይና UN ክትዕብልል ትሰርሕ ከምዘላ፤ ቻይና ንምድራትን፡ ኣብ ቁጠባ ኤርትራ ከይተውፍርን፡ “ጽልዋኣ” ከጥፍእን ኪሰርሕ ምዃኑ ኣብሪሁ’ሎ። ናይ መወዳእታ ዕላማ ናይ’ቲ እስትራተጂ ኸኣ፤ ንመንግስቲ ኤርትራ ምንጻልን፣ ብቑጠባዊ እገዳ ምድኻምን ኰይኑ፤ ዞባዊ ተራ ኤርትራ ምድራትን፤ መጻኢ ወለዶ ንምስዳዕ ምብልሓትን’ዩ። እቲ ሰነድ፤ ኲናት ይእውጅ ከምዘሎ፤ ነብሰ-ገላጺ’ዩ።
ከም’ዚ ዝበለ፤ ኣህጉራዊ ሕጊታት ዝረግጽ፤ ናጽነትን ልዑላዊነትን ህዝቢ ዝግህስ፤ ዞባዊ ርግኣት ዝዘርግ ዓንዳሪ ምትእትታዋት፤ መርኣያን ምስክርን ባህርያት ዋሺንግተን ጥራይ ዘይኰነ፤ ናይቲ ስርዓት ፍሽለትን ጥፍሽናን’ውን፣ ኣጕሊሑ ዘነጽር’ዩ። ኣብ መንጎ መስመራት ንምንባብ ኰነ፤ ዘይተቓልዑን ዘይተኣወጁን ሰነዳት’ውን እንታይ ክብሉ ከምዝኽእሉ ንምግማት ስለዘየሸግር፤ ብዘቤታዊን ዞባዊን ዓለማዊን ደረጃታት፤ ናይ መኸተ ውጥናት ከሊስካን ኣወርጺጽካን፤ ጸጋታትን ሓይሊን ኣጐሳጒስካ፤ ብቅያ ምምራሽ’ዩ ፈውሱ።
ዝኸበርክንን ዝኸበርኩምን
ናይ መኸተ ኩሉ-መዳያዊ ሕርያና፤ ከም ወትሩ ባዕላዊ ዘይኰነ፤ ዓቢ ክፋሉ፤ ብእስትራተጂ ተጻባእቲ ስለዝውሰን፤ እቲ ሜዳ እንታይ ከምዝመስል፤ ኣጸቢቑ በሪሁ’ሎ። ብውህሉል ዕዉት ተመኩሮናን፤ ተዀሊዑን ተደሪዑን ዘሎ ናጽነትናን ልዑላዊነትናን ስጡም መሳርዕናን፤ ምረሻና ንልምዓትን ዕብየትን ዓጸፋ ኣጐልቢትና ክንነጥፍን፤ ተኸሊሶም ዘለዉ ናይ ትሕተ-ቕርጺን ጸዓትን ማይን ባሕሪን፡ ሕርሻን፡ ዕደናን፡ መጐዓዝያን፡ ምስናዕን፡ ማሕበራዊ ኣገልግሎታትን፡ ሰፊሕ ህዝባዊ ወፍሪን፡ ልዑል ኣበርክቶ ንምግባር፣ ተበግሶታትና ከነዕዝዝ ለበዋ ዘድልዮ ኣይኰነን። በንጻር ተጻብኦታት፤ ናጽነትናን ልዑላዊነትናን ውህደትናን ሓሲንና፤ ርጉእ ሃዋሁ ልምዓት ንምውሓስ ከኣ፤ ትኽስ/ምዝናይ ኣይኪህሉን’ዩ።
ካብ ዘቤታዊ ቀዳምነታትና ብዘይፍለ፤ ኣብ ዞባዊን ዓለማዊን መድርኻት ዝጽበዩና ዕማማት’ውን፤ ማዕረ-ማዕረ።
ክብሪን መጎስን ንጀጋኑ ሰማእታትና!
ዓወት ንሓፋሽ!
For the record, Every country pursues its national interest, even if it means divide and conquer so be it. The is also why tiny countries like the united Arab emirates and Qatar despite limited military prowess have regional reach both in Africa and the Middle East. Hence, I don't see the reason behind the crying and moaning of the alcoholic junk. Just like tiny Eritrea have heavy handed interference in the Eastern Sudan to counter balance the action of Khartoum, America as super power have its own interest to play dirty in every part of the world and this is nothing new phenomena. it was done by every empire. The question is, what are the antidote to America interference? is it moaning and crying year and year out while keeping your subjects hostages with no prospect of bright future and deprive them a dignified life? 
