PRESS RELEASE Nº021/2014

ERITREAN AMBASSADOR BIDS FAREWELL TO AUC DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON

Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 24 February 2014- The outgoing Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the Africa Union, Ambassador Girma Asmerom Tesfay paid a farewell call on the AU Commission’s Deputy Chairperson, Mr Erastus Mwencha on the 4th of February 2014.

In the meeting, Ambassador Girma expressed his deep appreciation to the Deputy Chairperson for his leadership and cooperation during his tenure in Addis Ababa. He also called on the African Union to fulfil its responsibility as the Guarantor of the Algiers Agreement signed between Eritrea and Ethiopia in 2000.

In turn, the Deputy Chairperson praised Ambassador Girma for his excellent diplomatic skills and the commitment which he brought to the work of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC). Mr. Mwencha also called on Ambassador Girma to remain in the service of Africa’s integration and development in his new post as Eritrea’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.