Isaias Afwerki

"This is a historic day for all of us. Anyone who thinks the people of Eritrea and Ethiopia are separated is considered as naïve from now on."

"Russia was the hope of the people of the world during the period of the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, leaders in the Soviet Union made mistakes that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union, which was a historic tragedy, as you said at one point. That was a historic tragedy: in the course of the history of humanity that was a catastrophe."