Joseph Legwaila

"If the decision is announced on Saturday and we are told by the president of the Boundary Commission that we should go ahead with demining for demarcation, we will do so."

"I am an African, and these are two African countries which have shed a lot of blood in the war that ended in 2000."

"The decision is the start of a new chapter for Ethiopia and Eritrea and to tell you the truth, in advance of the announcement of the decision, I wish them the best."

"Therefore I will be the happiest man on earth if the decision is announced and we go forward to help them demarcate the border and thereafter live in peace as neighbours."

"The peace process is supposed to culminate in the normalisation of the boundary between Eritrea and Ethiopia and the normalisation ... is the opening of a new chapter for peaceful relations between the two countries."

"It is a decision that is the whole raison d’etre for the peace process."

"Thats why the decision is very important."

"What it means for UNMEE is that the two parties have succeeded in resolving their dispute, that is if there is no problem with the decision."

"Therefore we still have lots of months to be here, to continue to keep the forces of the two sides separated while the boundary is demarcated...We are not winding down simply because the decision of the Boundary Commission will be announced on Saturday."

"It would mean that UNMEE has been able to help the two parties solve their border problem, at least so far as delimitation is concerned because the border still has to be demarcated."

"He also said UNMEE would maintain a strong presence for many months to come while the physical demarcation of the border was carried out."

".Our mandate only terminates with the planting of the last pillar on the border."