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Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2000
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Statement on the Ethiopia-Eritrea Cease-Fire Agreement,
June 18, 2000
Today in Algiers, Ethiopia and Eritrea signed an agreement to cease hostilities. This is a breakthrough which can and should end the tragic conflict in the Horn of Africa. It can and should permit these two countries to realize their potential in peace, instead of squandering it in war.
I commend the Organization of African Unity, and especially its chair, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, for leading the negotiation of this agreement. I am grateful to my envoy, former National Security Adviser Anthony Lake, to Assistant Secretary of State Susan Rice, and to my senior adviser on African affairs, Gayle Smith, for their tireless pursuit of a peaceful resolution to this conflict. The United States has supported the OAU in this effort, and we will continue to do so. I have asked Tony Lake to return to Algiers to work with the OAU as we enter the next round of negotiations.
I hope this commitment by Ethiopia and Eritrea to stop the fighting also signals their commitment to build the peace. I urge them to use the next round of talks to produce a final, comprehensive, lasting agreement, so they can get on with the work of pursuing democracy and development for their people. Ethiopia and Eritrea are America’s friends. If they are ready to take the next step, we and our partners in the international community will walk with them.
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Chicago: William J. Clinton, "Statement on the Ethiopia-Eritrea Cease-Fire Agreement, June 18, 2000," Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2000 in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, June 23, 2000 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000), 36:3215 Original Sources, accessed October 1, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HDTQAZDTGJAWCDW.
MLA: Clinton, William J. "Statement on the Ethiopia-Eritrea Cease-Fire Agreement, June 18, 2000." Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2000, in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, June 23, 2000 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000), 36:3215, Original Sources. 1 Oct. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HDTQAZDTGJAWCDW.
Harvard: Clinton, WJ, 'Statement on the Ethiopia-Eritrea Cease-Fire Agreement, June 18, 2000' in Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2000. cited in , United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, June 23, 2000 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000), 36:3215. Original Sources, retrieved 1 October 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HDTQAZDTGJAWCDW.
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