Eritrea now asks Russia to end “unpopular world order”
GOOBJOOG NEWS | MOSCOW: Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki has called on Russia to end the current world order which he termed as a “unpopular and a “reckless ideology”
President Afwerki who is on a four-day-trip to Moscow said the current world order as it is has contributed to the “spiral of crises and destruction around the world.”
“It is necessary to press for the allocation of the necessary resources that are needed for transition to a new, civilised international order, based on mutual respect, cooperation, mutual complementarity and prosperity, where justice and the rule of law are the highest values,” he argued.
Afwerki’s visit to Russian under the invitation Vladimir Putin appears to cement growing relations between the two countries. Eritrea has been seen as a staunch supporter for Moscow which has faced a backlash after its unpopular decision to invade Ukraine last year February.
“We must and are obliged to do this. I hope, and I am convinced, that Russia will play its part in this mission of the whole of humanity on the road towards solidarity and cooperation among free peoples,” the Eritrean leader said.
The Eritrean president further blamed “forces of domination” for pushing the ideology and strategy of dominance which he said led to the fragmentation of the Soviet Union.
“The ideology and strategy of domination was prevailing during and before the advent of the Cold War. The forces of domination saw the fragmentation of the Soviet Union, which essentially resulted from its own internal weakness and mistakes – an unexpected opportunity that was given to them on a silver platter. This even led them to an erroneous calculus that they believe that they can henceforth dominate the world without any rival,” he opined.
On his part, President Putin expressed satisfaction on the progress and development of the bilateral ties between the two countries and extended an invitation to President Afwerki to participate in the Second Russia-Africa Summit that the Russian Federation will host in July this year.
In four votes at the UN General Assembly and the UN Human Rights Council, Eritrea has often opposed negative decisions on Russia.
It rejected a vote to condemn Russia’s invasion, calls to condemn Moscow’s decision to occupy certain Ukrainian regions and recently voted ‘no’ when the UN General Assembly decided to direct Russia to withdraw from Ukraine in a February 2023 session.
- By Fauxile Kibet