Carter Discusses Security Partnership With Leaders in Ethiopia
Carter Discusses Security Partnership With Leaders in Ethiopia By Cheryl Pellerin American Forces Press Service ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, July 25, 2013 – Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter met with senior government and military leaders here to discuss the
Carter Discusses Security Partnership With Leaders in Ethiopia
By Cheryl Pellerin
American Forces Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, July 25, 2013 – Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter met with senior government and military leaders here to discuss the U.S.-Ethiopia security partnership and shared interests in East African security challenges, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said today in a statement.
Carter’s July 23-24 visit to this Horn of Africa country was the final leg of a three-country trip that began in Israel and included a stop in Uganda.
The deputy secretary is the highest-ranking Defense Department official to visit Ethiopia in more than a decade, Little said.
“My visit here to Addis represents not only the increasing importance we place on our partnership with Ethiopia, but the importance we place on the role of the African Union also in addressing Africa’s security challenges, be it Somalia, Mali, the troubled Sudans, or the Central African Republic,” Carter said after a meeting last night with Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.
Carter characterized the U.S.-Ethiopia partnership as an important bilateral relationship and expressed gratitude to Hailemariam for the critical role Ethiopia has played in addressing regional challenges in Somalia and the Sudans.
“Ethiopia and the United States have shared interests in these countries and we continue to explore additional ways that we can work together to tackle East Africa’s security challenges,” the deputy secretary said.
“I’d like to note that my government recognizes Africa’s strategic importance,” he added, “and we at the Department of Defense recognize its strategic importance today and [for] the future.”
Carter and Hailemariam also discussed next steps in response to recent events in South Sudan and exchanged views on the African Peace and Security Architecture, maritime security, and conflicts in Somalia, Mali, the Central African Republic and Africa’s Great Lakes region. The African Peace and Security Architecture is an ongoing Africa-AU framework for crisis management on the African continent.
A senior defense official said that Ethiopia is not a formal partner in the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia, called AMISOM, it has forces in Somalia and was the first of Somalia’s neighbors to respond against al-Shabaab, even before the African Union pulled together what now is AMISOM. Al-Shabaab is an al-Qaida-linked militant group and U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization fighting to create a fundamentalist Islamic state in Somalia.
“The Ethiopians are the No. 1 peacekeeping contributor in Africa at this point in terms of number of forces,” the official added. “They have substantial forces involved in South Sudan and in Sudan, and they’ve been involved diplomatically there as well.”
Carter also met with Chief of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces Gen. Samora Yenus to discuss the critical role Ethiopia has played in stabilizing Somalia and providing peacekeepers along the border between Sudan and South Sudan.
While in Addis Ababa, home of the African Union headquarters, the deputy secretary met with Erastus Mwencha, deputy chairperson of the African Union Commission, the most senior DOD leader ever to visit the AU. The African Union, made up of 54 African states, this year celebrated the 50th anniversary of its original Organization of African Unity. The AU took the place of the OAU nearly a decade ago, and one of its objectives is to promote peace, security and stability on the continent.
At the AU, Carter thanked Mwencha for the African Union’s leadership in tackling Africa’s security challenges.
The deputy secretary also met with alumni from the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in Addis, founded in 1999 and one of five DOD regional centers.
The ACSS is an agency within DOD that serves as a link between military and civilians involved in the security sector from across Africa, Europe and the United States, according to center literature. The goal is to bring people together to maintain a global network of professionals with a shared commitment to addressing security-related challenges facing Africa.
At a breakfast yesterday morning, Carter met with ACSS alumni from across the continent who offered their perspectives on Africa’s progress in addressing its security and development challenges.
“My job in the Department of Defense is to let people have the basic security that allows everything else in life to be possible — economic development, political development, personal development, community development and everything else,” he told the alumni.
None of that is possible, he said, unless people can wake up every morning and go to work and take their children to school and do all kinds of everyday activities in a safe environment. A few places in the world are blessed with such security, and after a while begin to take it for granted, he added, and people who don’t have it think of nothing else.
“So our job in part is to provide that security. Here in Africa, there are so many sources of insecurity and certainly the United States military is not the answer to them,” Carter said. “We try to make contributions where we can, where you teach us that would be a useful thing to do, and I’m very open to that.
“We in the United States are increasingly turning our thoughts to Africa,” he continued, “because we recognize that this is one of the places that is going to determine its future and our future by trade and culture and many other things.”
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misael July 26, 2013
anta agamee nai ethiopia merbebeb hebereta mukanu nfelt ena kur kur woyane amaniel eyasu
Tes July 26, 2013
Misael,
Ata eide kembal niska miskonkum sabut adna hager titsefie zela. You are fool and brainless who care only about himself . If you are sensbe humane being you should ask yourself what is happening in your country and will appreciate what aman doing. You are simply idiot
tesfamariam July 26, 2013
Ethiopians needs 20 F-16 Jet fighters from U.S in order to defend itself. because; Ethiopia is working for the U.S interst while Eygept is burning American flags yet they get 1.3bill.
poor bekitai July 27, 2013
tesfamariam
so what if Ethiopia wants air jets from America? and you are saying ”in order to defend it self”. why is your comment here? any country can buy any thing for any body for thing.
Dawit Meconen July 26, 2013
“Carter Discusses Security Partnership With Leaders in Ethiopia….”
The sentence in itself is revealing; the so called partnership is not with the wretched people but with the puppets (leaders).
As you can see on the photo, the woyane General is beaming with smile. But why?
By now every interested person knows that woyane is a spineless that cannot stand up without external support. From its inception till 1991, woyane was dependent of the EPLF, and from 1991 till today, the USA picked up the burdon. The reason the General is all smile, therefore, is because of the verbal assurance he got from Mr. Carter.
What is the future of the wretched country of Ethiopia?
Ethiopia is a nation-prison for the majority of the people, including Oromo, Somali etc.; the guards are the Tegarus and all the loggisics to keep the prison running are provided by the United States and other NATO contries. The future of Ethiopia, therefore, is the defunct Yugoslavia. Ethiopia is full term pregnant for multiple births of nations. This is not idle prophesy!! No amount of force one can hold people in slavery in perpetuity.
In the event Ethiopia falls apart like house of cards, how will the Tegaru fare ?
It will be ugly for the Tegaru; retaliations from their victims of a quarter of a century will be swift and deadly. But the worst will come after immdiate reaction is over. Tegaru will flee from all over Ethiopia and assemble in the arid land of Tigrai, where no food, nor anything grows.
Gebez July 26, 2013
Duwuy MeQunen=Dawit Meconen,
Responding to gutless HGDF goons like you is not advisable. But, let me take your misleading last statement and put things straight. You said “Tegaru will flee from all over Ethiopia and assemble in the arid land of Tigrai, where no food, nor anything grows.” Let me tell the public that according to data from the Ministry of Agricultural Development of Ethiopia, from 2008 onwards, a Tigraian farmer produces by far higher agricultural produces per hectare than other farmers in other parts of Ethiopia. In addition, Tigrai after Oromia region is the second biggest source of Agricultural products for Export( mainly Sesame, Haricot Beans, Incense, Soya Beans, Honey, e.t.c.)
Dawit Meconen July 27, 2013
Gebez
I am not surprised when you wrote,”….Let me tell the public that according to data from the Ministry of Agricultural Development of Ethiopia, from 2008 onwards, a Tigraian farmer produces by far higher agricultural produces per hectare than other farmers in other parts of Ethiopia…..”
It may as well be true but you are unwittingly affirming my point, the extreme parodox in Ethiopia today, where the few tegaru, 5% of the total population of Ethiopia, subjugates the 95% through the power of guns, guns they got as proxy of the Western countries.
As yourself, how long will this convoluted state of affairs last? I assure you, not very long. Learn from your past. Why do you think your king, kasa, the collaborator of the British Colonialism, was beheaded by the Mehadists? Because he was doing precisely what the tegaru today are doing.
Gebez July 27, 2013
You filthy nut head, first of all, if you are a man, stop insulting an entire population;the proudest, the freest, the people who walk with their heads high for the achievements of their forefathers. Their only problem had been economic difficulties. Otherwise, let alone you, no one in this world would dare to open his filthy mouth to try to belittle this unimaginably proud and heroic people. Or may be only those who do not know well their own history would try to do so. Now the fact that these people are in the process of solving their economic hardships at a speed inconceivable to some haters like you, leaves you haters with limited options but barking like hopeless rabid dogs!! It is none of your business whether the 5% of the population dominates the whole country or not. You haven’t realized yet that you are no more part of Ethiopia?? Come on, more than 20 years have passed since you became “INDEPENDENT and FREE”. So, stop bullshitting and just enjoy your ‘independence and freedom’. I know why you are burning when you see such success stories of Tigray. But, remember, the fruits of these success stories is not limited to Tigray. It is, at the same time, benefiting even your cousins. There are more Eritrean students(elementary to tertiary levels) in Tigray now than there were before anytime in the past.
MightyEmbasoyra July 27, 2013
Ato Dawit,
You seem to be very smart guy but at the same time you are consumed by Tegaru hatred. I believe that is wrong.
Every smart leader’s responsibility is for his country’s interest and if Woyane leaders think the same way, I can’t blame them. Don’t you get jealous Isayas is not doing that?
Let’s assume Woyane leaders are 100% against Eritrea, do you need to hate the whole Tigray people?
Well, in that case, from what I heard the Generals in Eritrea are almost all from Karneshim, are you going to hate the whole Karneshim people? Or, the top leaders in Internal affairs are from around Decamhare and Segeneyti area, are you going to hate all the people from that area? Where do you stop after that?
It is very wise to know your enemies but hate is not the answer. I am sure you know that.
Just my 2 cents.
Dawit Meconen July 27, 2013
MightyEmba,
I shall never forgot the hundreds of thousands of Eritreans,whom the tegaru deported from every corner of Ethiopia in a manner only one with Nazi bestialities could have done.
I shall never forget the tens of thousands of Eritreans, whom the tegaru deported from their own land, Badme, in the manner only one with Nazi bestialities could have done……
I shall never forget the Eritrean girls and mothers, whom the tegaru raped……………….
I shall never forget the Eritrean Martyrs, whom the tegaru desecrated…………..
But it is not hatred that I hold against them but endless contempt.
Tamrat Tamrat July 27, 2013
As you can see on the photo, isayas kissing the hands of Ghadafi (google it Your self)
By now every interested person knows that shaiba is a spineless that cannot stand up without external support. From its inception till 1991, shabia was dependent on arabs, and from 1991 till 1998 was helped by tplf, Egypt and gahdafi and today any body is welcomed. The reason the isayas is kissing the hands of Ghadafi is not due religion but it is because of the verbal assurance he got from Mr. Ghadaf.
What is the future of the wretched country of Ethiopia?
It will be ugly for the tigrinya; retaliations from their victims of a quarter of a century will be swift and deadly. But the worst will come after immdiate reaction is over. tigrinya will flee from all over eritrea and assemble in the arid land of tigrinya, where no food, nor anything grows nor fhishes.
Tamrat Tamrat July 27, 2013
Oh, i mean What is the future of the wretched country of Ethiopia?’
Dawit Meconen July 27, 2013
tamrat,
Denial of current reality and distorting of history may lend you temporary gratification but that is only delusion.
The word ” Ethiopia” embodies the state of contradiction you are in because you call yourself Ethiopian, meaning black in Greek, and yet you deny to be black.
But can one be black and not black at the sametime in the same respect? No. Only the wishwashy. The First Principle of logic, the Principle of noncontradiction rules that out.
You have also another dilemma: as if the “I am black I am not black” state of confusion is not enough, you also claim to be Arab descent, Habesha, a name you cannot even pronounce correctly.
Need I say more? I could write a lot more, including the fitictious book ” Kebra Negest”, the fake king, Yekuno Amlak, underwrote in to justify his flase throne. But that is enough for now.
Tamrat Tamrat July 28, 2013
Wow, dawit1
The moment i read your comment, i see the Whole problem of Ethiopia. Ok, NeXT time we Call ourselves red People. That would keep us from dividing in differnt small coutnries. We dont Call no more afar state we Call them the Family who relate us with our redness following your lecture and practice like calling the part of the afar killil under shabia occupation sourther region. If you Call them afar region then there will be confusion. But because you think afar both in ethiopia and Eritrea are as retarded as you, the moment you Call them Southern region then their problem will be solved.
Listen you good for nothing spoild brat, whether you like it or not afar will be United. And the time you got now has nothing to do how strong you are. It is concidered that discussion is prefered over the luny president of you again wadge full war which off course defastates our economy.
Dawit Meconen July 28, 2013
tamrat,
Did I set your nerves on fire? I think I did, your childish reaction attests. But now you know, you can hide the Truth for a while but not for ever.
By the way, the real people whom the Greeks referred to as “Ethiopians” were the Nubians.This is the Truth, the whole Truth, and there is no other Truth.
But why did your people jump over the name, Ethiopia? There are reasons, among which are the following:
1. The name, “Ethiopia, was written in the bible
2. The real Ethiopians, the Nubians, were long swamped and colonized by the Arabs
How did they commit the purjery?
By the way the purjery was committed in about 1000 A.D. For this, they wrote a book, Kebre Negestat. Their motive :
To show that they were the God Chosen People, and not the Jews.
For intance, when King Haile Selase called himself: The king of Kings, The conquering Lion of Judah, he was affirming the falacious claim that they and not the Jews are the God Chosen People.
Gebre July 27, 2013
“The future of Ethiopia, therefore, is the defunct Yugoslavia. Ethiopia is full term pregnant for multiple births of nations”
poor Dawit,
still you are there? your king Isaias has said it for the last 15 years. before some time this was his assessment of Ethiopia and his strategic choice in waging war against Ethiopia was a result of such flawed assesment. However, he has realised now a days and the proof… he refused to respond in kind to the Ethiopian sirgical attack of the 2012. I think he is brilliant to confirm his people, to the Ethiopian government and the world to avoid more escalatory actions and reactions. This being the reality, poor Dawit stacks in the old days of euphoria (1991-1998). They said to you “Ethiopia is a fragile state… we create Woyane and it is easy for us to destroy what has been created by us…” please wake up man!
Tamrat Tamrat July 27, 2013
meles declared tigrai is an independent land in 1990 but tigrians choose their daily injera. the problem is not they choose us for the wrong reason but they want to have cakes by selling the injera taking from the mouth of the non-tigre ethiopians.
Dawit Meconen July 27, 2013
gebre,
I do not expect anything less from you; you have to defend your windfall but won’t last any longer because injustice is always temporary. If you are expecting a mere million Western-proxy tegaru can subjugate for ever 80,000,000 people, you can only be hallucinating. Wake up for the rude awakening that is gathering momentum at Geometric Progression.
While at it, let me give you piece of history that you can benefit from: Recall the British Proxy, kasa, was very sure his British vassal status would last for ever, just as you guys are as Western vassals, but it could not protect him from beheading by people whom he hurt.
Gebre July 28, 2013
Dawit,
you have the logic but you don’t have facts to support your conclussion. what you have is hatred against Tigrians for obvious reason and logic. your logic is acceptable… injustice dose not sustain, yes. Isaias Afeworki is ruling Eritrea with iron fist, whthout constitution etc.. you know it well. Ethiopia may not have world class democratic system, but it is exercising democratic rules and we can accomadate diferences and grviances. I am not undermining the potential political risks but we recognise them and we are building our political system to adress those risks. In other words, we don’t live in state of denial like Eritreans sorry to say. with regard to the socalled proxy,it is simply a rubish propaganda. Ethiopia has never compromise its political sovereignty in its dealing with others be it China, USA, or any other global power. Ethiopia identified its national interests in its constitution, security policy and its foreign relation is guided by these well defined interests. please read David Shinn’s testimony “Ethiopia:important ally with her own priorities.” If you are interested to see things objectively, the facts speak for themselves. The only explanation for the robust peace privailing in Ethiopia with double digit economic growth in a troubled region is the right political system and leadership. wake up man!
Dawit Meconen July 28, 2013
Gebre,
Again you are wrong because if I have the logic, then necessarily I have the Truth and if I have the Truth, I have the facts.
hailu July 26, 2013
CARTER WILL TALK THE POST-ISAYAS ERA
ISAYAS WILL NOT SLEEP THIS WEEK
HE WILL BE WORRIED WHAT CARTER IS DOING AND IS THE AGENDA ALSO INCLUDE HOW TO MANAGE THE POST -ISAYAS ERA.
THE MAIN CONCERN FOR US AND OTHERS IS THE SITUATION AFTER ISAYAS LEFT POWER AND THEY DO NOT WANT THIS CRITICAL EAST AFRICAN NATION TO BE A SECURITY CHALLENGE.HENCE, THEY WILL DISCUSS ABOUT THE POST-ISAYAS ERA.
FROM MY PREDICTION ISAYAS WILL MAKE SECRET DEALS WITH SOME SELFISH WEYANE RULING PARTY MEMEBRS TO GET RELIEF AND PERSECUTE THE OPPOSITIONS WHO ARE GROWING FAST.
The Truth July 27, 2013
Growing fast on the Internet. Toothless Internet bandits pose no real threat to Eritrea. Continue to sit behind your computer old man and spew your verbal diarrhea.
Gebre July 29, 2013
@Dawit,
AGAIN you are wromg. You have the logic for example 2+2=4. this is your logic. But, you are not sure that some one has 2+2 to claim he/she has 4, i.e. the fact. see, this is your problem. You hate the Tigreans because you think they are the source of your failure, you know also injustice does not sustain and you put them together and predict nightmare… the collapse of the Ethiopian state, ethninc cleansing against Tigrean…. But, you are not alone. the government in Asmara was waiting this to happen for the last 15 years. This was the propaganda tone of EriTV. I hope, you will come to the reality sooner or later. I wish you all the best
Generation "Y" July 26, 2013
To the narrow minded pro Mad dog supporters :
USA has a very long strategy towards Africa to protect its interest . And this is one of it’s signs . They are looking at Ethiopian in economic , political and military ties for their future . And Ethiopia has improved by far the last 20 years .
Indirectly , this is a significant milestone that Ethiopia is the power house in the horn of Africa .
Wether you call them “weyane or Agame ” they are paving the way to development for Africa .
Personally for me this is good for Eritrea , it will benefit when a sound leadership is in place in Asmara after this Mad dog.
The Truth July 27, 2013
Hegemonic powers imposing their interests on Africa is not a benefit for the continent and its people. When will brainwashed Africans wake up and see this?
weygud July 26, 2013
I guess the dictator had had a real nightmare when he heared the news about Mr. Carter discussed with the Ethiopian officials. In those days, he might be nodding off , he couldnot sleep a wink.
One possible exit strategy out of his dilemma, he might dream of send emergency call to Dr. Berhanu Nega , the mercenary, if he could lobby against security partnership with Ethiopia.
NEW HOPE ERITREA July 26, 2013
I think Woyane must have invaded our electricity & water because there is great shortage .Weyane get out of our water & electricity.
The electricity & water has become a “mekhalif”.
Tamrat Tamrat July 27, 2013
When they help you declaring independency you think they were doing it for you more water and elctricity? poor you! Many can say that they know as to what eplf thinking and policy. but there is no one expert on this issue than tplf. Both eplf and tplf know it is difficult for the two nation to function separtely in peace. What tplf wants is what ever eplf or Eritrea wants to do With Ethiopia must be through tplf. Period.
ahmed saleh July 27, 2013
Poor Eritrea marked as lawless nation to cause the already troubled region of horn Africa more distress than
cooperating with international world to bring calmness and peace . With the strict diplomatic tensions between
USA and ” Somalia , Sudan , Eritrea ‘ , America should find a friendly country which can depend on incase something
went wrong in that region . Well Ethiopia government picked the playing card of politics to get financial and military assistance from the west and it worked for them to build their country faster than what they expected .
Dani July 27, 2013
So is this news that should be post in the so called Eritrean website?
as long as ppl like Amaniel illu are alive I support issays with his all mistakes.
It is ppl like Amaniel illu who is making us to support issayas. It is a choice of less evil.
kk July 27, 2013
From the above comments one can conclude that we Eritreans still are not rational, our comments are based on hate and selfishness, The sad thing most of those who wrote the comments above are living in western countries.
Wake up before everything vanished in front of your eyes
NEW HOPE ERITREA July 28, 2013
Respected KK ,
Do not write logic ,they will accuse of being Tigraway .
Speaking from experience.