Dear Mr. President:
A year ago I sent similar letter regarding the United Nations Security Councils’ imposed sanctions against Eritrea under Resolution 1907(2009) on charges that have been proven to be unfounded and baseless.
Mr. President
I am one of those hundreds of thousands Eritreans whowere convinced and gave their vote for you because your foreign policy approaches, especially your emphasis on constructive engagement rather than conflict, reconciliation rather than confrontation, and partnership rather than patronage.
However, it is incomprehensible that the UN Security Council with a blessing of HIGH US OFFOCIALS finds it suitable to repeatedly consider such charges manufactured, orchestrated, and pushed by Eritrea’s traditional enemies for reasons that have nothing to do with Somalia, while ignoring cases that are critical to peace and security to the Horn of Africa The agenda of punish or sanction Eritrea is Ethiopia agenda; but the sad part is some Ambassadors and high officials of the previous US administration and some in the current administration have fallen to the trap of these false misinformation.
If one examines the history of the Horn of Africa it is easy to see a pattern of systematic and repeated betrayals by the West. The justification for such a checkered history seems to lie on some ill-conceived, narrow-minded and misguided policies that serve some short-term interest of the West but ultimately perpetuate injustice and create cycles of conflict and war. In the long run, the interests of the US are harmed.
A case in point is the flawed geopolitical calculations that favored and privileged successive Ethiopian rulers over its smaller neighbor Eritrea. The actions or lack thereof by the US and the UN have defined the turmoil that has filled the better half of the 20th century. Had the US supported the aspirations of the Eritrean people, a destructive 30-year war that destroyed Eritrea and impoverished Ethiopia may have been averted.
Over the years, internal Ethiopian political dynamics have historically used Eritrea as a scapegoat and a rallying issue to create domestic coherence. The US has repeatedly allowed itself to be used in this game of victimizing Eritrea in an attempt to keep a tattered empire, Ethiopia, together. The US must learn from the errors of such misguided policies that seem to benefit neither the US nor the region.
Mr. President
I am confident that your fair assessment will reach to a solution that the Sanctions against Eritrea is annulled and repealed immediately
As Eritrean American who have vested interest in seeing peace, stability and security returned to the Horn region. As well as the relationship between USA and Eritrea become normalized, I ask you to make an objective, fair and informed assessment of the situation and resolve the problem.
Thank You
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