In the past and in our generation, the people in Ethiopia and Eritrea have been continuously afflicted by difficult hardships and anxieties arising from on going wars and threats by leaders being dictating their people to stay in power all the time. Peace is not the absence of war but requires must be built up continuously.
The 2018 peace agreement between the two leaders, thus between the Eritrean president, Essayas and the prime minister, Abiyu Ahmed was not true peace agreement for the common good to both the Eritrean and Ethiopian people. Genuine peace can only be attained by a firm determination of both the people of Ethiopia and Eritrea based on mutual respect and dignity, for these reasons, both the Ethiopian and Eritrean civil society organization must come together, practice the truth in equality, fraternity and democracy and join with all true peacemakers.
Avoiding destructive internal and external wars in the region of Horn; The people of both Eritrea and Ethiopia must collaborate willingly and wholeheartedly in building peace based on genuine respect, freedoms and amicable brotherhood. Peace cannot be achieved by few elites who are leaders both Ethiopia and Eritrea. Today, both the Ethiopian and Eritrean people are deprived of the livelihood necessities, tormented with hunger, disease, and every kind of misery.
The role of Civil Society Organizations in Diaspora: Both the Ethiopian and Eritrean civil society organizations must strive to come together and form dialogue groups to resolve and manage conflicts peacefully. Today, what the Eritrean and Ethiopian people need is not wars and conflicts devastating their lives and resources.
Dialogue for peaceful coexistence: The civil society organization in Diaspora both Ethiopian and Eritrean must engage in dialogue based on mutual respect, equality and fraternity.
Wars and conflicts benefit none except destruction in humanity and national resources. Let’s join hands as agents of genuine peace and prosperity.