Addis Ababa, April 4(ENA)--The Ethiopian Government says the Ethio-Eritrea boundary demarcation process cannot be based on any other considerations but the Algiers peace accord and the UN Boundary Commission's border ruling issued in April 13,2002.

The border ruling, which was issued by the UN Boundary Commission last year, basically testifies to the fact that Ethiopia has been pursuing the right path of settling the dispute, says a statement the Ministry of Information sent to ENA.

"The ruling was within the parameters of the decision passed by the Ethiopian government to legally and peacefully settle the dispute," the statement said.

"Based on this understanding, the Ethiopian government expressed its agreement to the ruling of the Commission, and the border commission began the second phase of its activities of demarcating the boundary between the two countries," it said.

"However, the Commission has been manifesting an unfair trend while carrying out its obligations," it said.

"It is only right to expect the second phase of the activities of the Commission to emanate from the Algiers accord and the Commission's ruling of April 13,2002," it said.

Having observed the unfair tendency of the commission in implementing the ruling, the government of Ethiopia has repeatedly reminded the commission to carry out its obligations based on its own April 13 decision, it said.

"Taking into account all the ramifications of this unfair attitude, the Ethiopian government strongly reminded the commission to take corrective measures…(and) has also strongly voiced its opinion that anything out side this accord be corrected," it said.

"After consecutive efforts made by the Ethiopian government, the boundary commission showed some willingness to correct some distortions…regarding the interpretation of the ruling of April 13,2002 in certain areas," it said.

"The Ethiopian government is highly concerned about the commission's fair attitude and implores it to fully correct the misinterpretations of the accord in the remaining areas," it said.

"Therefore, the Ethiopian government is of the conviction that the Commission should alter the attitude and fully implement the accord in demarcating the Ethio-Eritrean boundary," it said.

"This we believe will result in a smooth and reliable finalization of the demarcation process," it noted.

"The Ethiopian government and people would exert utmost efforts to legally and peacefully correct the Commission's misinterpretations of the border ruling," it indicated.

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