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Full text of my paper on Africa-EU relations can easily be accessed here.
Thoughts welcome in DM.
Roland Kobia
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Roland Kobia
@RolandKobia
EU Ambassador to Madagascar & Comoros. Ex Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Amb. to Ethiopia, Myanmar & Azerbaijan. Professor @CollegeofEurope & @EUDiploAcademy.
- Today, I accompanied EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid @JanezLenarcic to my first allowed visit to Mekkele. Held talks with Regional President #Debretsion & Head of International Relations @reda_getachew. Also visited hospital to witness needs. #Ethiopia #Tigray @EUinEthiopia
- Ethiopia meets EU today. Prime Minister @AbiyAhmedAli met President of the European Council @CharlesMichel. 🇪🇹🇪🇺
- Humanitarian aid must be delinked from politics. Trucks must move, regularly & in a sustainable way to address dire needs in various parts of the country. Access must be unhindered. #Ethiopia #HumanitarianCrisis.@WFP & humanitarian partners have the capacity to deliver assistance at scale across N. Ethiopia Convoys loaded with 2,600 mt of relief & nutritious foods + fuel tankers are on standby to deliver to communities in Tigray & Afar as soon as we receive assurances of secure passage
- When the European Union 🇪🇺 looks at #Afghanistan 🇦🇫, we have the following ideas in mind: reconstruct, protect, save, rebuild, preserve, support. We also endeavour to take 10 million Afghans out of poverty. And most important : with respect and civility. #EU @EUinAfghanistan
- In Shire, I went to see for myself the situation in a camp of Internally Displaced Persons from West Tigray & contested zones. Thanks to @UNHCREthiopia and other partners for the much needed work they do, notably with #EU support. #IDPs #Ethiopia #Tigray #EuropeanUnion
- Taliban say that conditions on prisoners release are not part of their bilateral agreement with US. True. But it is also true that AFG Government is not part of it, not bound & has never agreed to it in the first place. GOV holds prisoners & can sovereignly decide on conditions.
- Starting my 3-day visit to Tigray with a very constructive meeting with President Getachew Reda, Tigray Interim Regional Administration, in Mekkele. @reda_getachew #Ethiopia
- The EU Foreign Policy Chief @JosepBorrellF has just talked on the phone to President Ghani on the elections results. A statement will be issued in the next hours. #AfghanElections #afghanpeaceprocess #EuropeanUnion @eu_eeas
- #Afghanistan has a Constitution, had elections, held Loya Jirgas, has Joint Declaration with the US, is engaged in Doha process. The IRA has the support of vast majority of international community + the world in UNSC and Geneva has committed to protect achievements & Republic.
- The #EU does not mask its position. For non natives, it reads “ceasefire” in Pashto. This mask (received anonymously) could be widely distributed in #Afghanistan, and beyond, to fight both #COVID and war. It would be a form of referendum on #Ceasefire.
- Basics in negotiations 9: when a deal is not respected or blatantly violated, in letter or spirit -or both-, it becomes nil and void & can be cancelled. The other party can reverse its original position, adapt to the new reality and go back to pre-agreement paradigm.
- The war also destroyed holy places, Churches and Mosques. A visual example here at the Al Nejashi Mosque (مَسْجِد ٱلنَّجَاشِي) in Negash-Tigray. Dates from 7th century and is one of the oldest mosques in Africa. #HolyPlacesNotATarget #ProtectHeritage #ProtectHistory
- Enchanted by our first heart-warming Meskel in #AddisAbeba. Congratulations to the #Ethiopian Orthodox Christian community. Also compassionate thoughts for all people who suffer and cannot celebrate for the time being. #Meskel2014 #Meskel
