Date: Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Fellow Eritrean participants
Dear Ethiopian participants
Dear Friends of Eritrea and Ethiopia,
This is a historic day. For the first time, and in these numbers, we Eritreans and Ethiopians together are raising our voices, in defense of our countries and in assertion of our peace and friendship, which is an integral part of a cooperative Horn of Africa, with Sudan , South Sudan, Somalia and Djibouti.
We are gathered today to express our deep dismay at the injustice that’s being perpetrated by the Biden Administration on the Eritrean and Ethiopian peoples, at the lies and fabrications they are spreading, at the ill-considered measures they are pursuing.
The TPLF plunged Tigray into war with the aim of overthrowing the government of Ethiopia as well as the Eritrean government. Ethiopia has the right and duty to defend its territory and legal order. Yet, the US refuses to unequivocally acknowledge the TPLF’s culpability and deliberately sweeps its crimes under the rug. Inexplicably, the US government blames Ethiopia, scapegoats Eritrea and seeks to pressure and intimidate both countries. And Ethiopia is supposed to be America’s strongest regional ally. We deplore this harmful travesty.
Our message to the US administration is short and simple. Please, hands off. We are capable of running our own affairs. You cannot be more concerned about ourselves than us. Truth be told, the measures you are taking are not intended to help us. Remember, we, Eritrea and Ethiopia, made peace ourselves. Why are you trying to drive a wedge between us? Why are you fanning conflict between Ethiopia and Sudan? Why are you so opposed to Horn of Africa Cooperation? Wouldn’t it better serve your interests to work with peaceful and friendly-with-each-other Ethiopia and Eritreans well as a peaceful, stable, cooperative Horn of Africa? Apparently not. Your preference for control and domination trump the benefits of advancing mutual, long-term interests. No wonder the US is losing ground in Africa.
A final reminder is in order. Successive US administrations supported the TPLF, turned a blind eye to its wars and crimes, at the expense of the people of Tigray, of the whole of Ethiopia, at the expense of Eritrea and Somalia. If that was a grave mistake even then, what can we make of current US efforts to save and bring back the defunct TPLF, unless the intention is to prolong the conflict and suffering?
Finally a word to us- Eritreans, Ethiopians, Horn of Africans, in the US, many of us citizens.
Our numbers are significant. Our political, organizational, economic, social and cultural capabilities multiply our numbers manifold. Let’s unleash our potential. We will make valuable contribution to our nations, our region. Our voices and interests will be difficult to ignore in the United States.
Eritrea Prevails!
Ethiopia Prevails!
The Horn Prevails!
The National Council of Eritrean Americans -East (NCEA-East)
DMV (Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia)
March 10, 2021ዝኸበርኩም ኤርትራውያን ተሳተፍቲ
ዝኸበርኩም ኢትዮጵያውያን ተሳተፍቲ
ዝኸበርኩም ፈተውቲ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን
ሎሚ፡ ኣብ’ዚ ታሪኻዊ መዓልቲ ፡ ንሕና ኤርትራውያንን ኢትዮጵያውያንን፡ በዚ ዓቢ ቁጽሪ’ዚ ድምጽና ንክልቲኡ ህዝብታትና፡ ንመንግስቲ ኣመሪካን ዓለምን ንምስማዕ ተሰሊፍና ኣሎና።
ዕላማና፡ ምምሕዳር ባይደን፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብታት ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ዝፍጽምዎ ዘለዉ በደል፡ ዝነዝሕዎ ዘለዉ ሓሶት፡ ዝወስድዎ ዘለዉ ግጉይ ስጉምታት ምቅላዕን ምቅዋምን ኢዩ።
ጃንዳ ወያነ ንመንግስታት ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ብሓይሊ ንምውዳቕ ኲናት ከምዝጀመረን ንትግራይ ናብ ኲናት ከምዝሸመመን ዝፍለጥ ኢዩ። ኢትዮጵያ ድማ ልኡላዊ መሬታን ሕጋዊ ስሮኣታን ንምክልኻልን መሰልን ግዴታን ኣለዋ። እቲ ሓቂ እዚ እናዀነ ግን፡ ምምሕዳር ኣመሪካ፡ ወያነ ብሓላፍነት ተሓታቲ ምዃኑ ብዘየወላውል መገዲ ካብ ምእማን ኣብ ርእሲ ምሕንጋዱ፡ ገበናት ወያነ ክጉልብብን ክሓባእን ጸኒሑ ኣሎ። ብኣንጻሩ፡ ነታ ቀንዲ በዓልቲ ኪዳን ኣመሪካ’ያ እትበሃል ኢትዮጵያ እናኸሰሰ፡ ንኤርትራ ገንሸል መስዋእቲ እናቕረበ፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ክልቲአን ሃገራት ጸቕጥን ምፍርራሕን ክገብር ምጽንሑ ዝድንጹ ኢዩ። ነዚ ርኡይ ዝርያን ኮር-ተገምጠልን ኣጥቢቕና ንውግዞ።
መልእኽትና ንመንግስቲ ኣመሪካ፡ ሓጺርን ንጹርን ኢዩ። “ብኽብረትኩም፡ ኣእዳውኩም ካብ ሃገራትና ኣክቡ። ንሕና ኤርትራውያንን ኢትዮጵያውያንን ጉዳያትና ባዕልና ከነካይድ ዓቕሚ ኣሎና። ካብ ነብስና ንላዕሊ ንዓና ክትሓልዩ ኣይትኽእሉን ኢኹም። ሕቂ ንምዝራብ፡ ትወስድዎ ስጉምትታት ንዓና ሓሊኹም ትወስድዎ ኣይኰነን። ኣብ ሞንጎ ክልቴና ዘሎ ሰላም ባዕልና ኢና ፈጢርናዮ። ስለምንታይ ዳግም ከተገራጭዉና ህርድግ ትብሉ ኣለኹም፧ ስለምንታይ ኣብ መንጎ ሱዳንን ኢትዮጵያን ሓዊ ተሳውሩ ኣለኹም፧ ስለምንታይ ንምትሕብባር ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ዓጢቕኩም ትጻብእዎ ኣለኹም፧
ድልየትኩም ሃገራዊ ረብሓ ኣመሪካ ምርግጋጽ እንተዝኸውን፡ ኣብ ክንዲ ምስ ዝተፋነና፡ ብሰላምን ምሕዝነትን ምስ ዝነበራን ዝዓያን ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ምስራሕ ምሓሸኩም። ኣብ ክንዲ ዓውዲ ህውከት፡ ዞባ ሰላምን ምትሕብባርን ምስ ዝዀነ ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ምጽማድ ምበለጸኩም። እቲ ዝዓጠኩም ምቁጽጻርን ዕብለላን ስለዝዀነ ግን ኣይመረጽኩሞን።
ሓደ ነገር ከነዘኻኽረኩም ንደሊ። ጉጅለ ወያነ፡ ብዋጋ ህዝቢ ትግራይ፡ ብዋጋ መላእ ህዝቢ ኢትዮጵያ፡ ብዋጋ ኤርትራን፡ ብዋጋ ሶማልን ንነዊሕ ዓመታት ኣገልጊልኩም ኢዩ። ብቐደሙ’ውን ኣብ ክንዲ ምስኡ ፡ ምስ ህዝብታትና ክትውግኑ ምተገብአ። ሎሚ ድማ፡ ወያነ ባዕሉ ብዝወለዖ ናይ ጥፍኣት ኲናት ተኣልዩ ኢዩ። ንዕኡ እስትንፋስ ንምሃብን ንምምላስን ተካይድዎ ዘለኹም ወፈራ፡ ግጭትን ስቅያትን ንምንዋሕ እንተዘይኰይኑ፡ ንወያነ ኣይከድሕኖን ኢዩ። ዳግም፡ በጃኹም ኣእዳውኩም ኣክቡልና።
ኣብ መወዳእታ ሓጺር መዘኻኸሪ ንዓና - ኣብ ኣመሪካ ንእንነብር ኤርትራውያንን ኢትዮጵያውያንን ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃውያንን፡ ብዙሓት ካባና ዜጋታት ኣመሪካ።
ዓቢ ዓቕሚ ኢና እንውንን። ቁጽርና ዝዓጻጽፍ ፖለቲካዊ፡ ውድባዊ ፡ ቁጠባዊ፡ ማሕበራውን ባህላውን ሓይሊ ኣሎና። ነዚ ዓቕሚ’ዚ ነበራብሮ’ሞ ንሃገራትናን ዞባናን ክቡር ኣበክቶ ክንገብር ኢና። ኣብ ኣመሪካ’ውን እንተዀነ፡ ድምጽናን ረብሓታትናን ዕሽሽ ዘይብሃል ክኸውን ኢዩ።
ዓወት ንኤርትራ !
ዓወት ንኢትዮጵያ !
ዓወት ንቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ !
ሃገራዊ ሽማግለ-ዞባ ምብራቕ
(ዋሽንግተን ዲሲ፡ ሜሪላንድን ቨርጂንያን)
10 መጋቢት 2021
