{"id":58135,"date":"2020-01-11T09:33:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T01:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=58135"},"modified":"2020-01-11T09:33:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T01:33:57","slug":"us-pres-trump-claims-i-saved-a-country-playing-big-role-in-ethiopia-eritrea-peace-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=58135","title":{"rendered":"US Pres Trump claims “I saved a country” playing big role in Ethiopia-Eritrea peace deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United States President Donald Trump has disclosed that he had a big role in the 2018 peace deal between Ethiopia and Eritrea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite not clearly mentioning both countries in his claim at a rally in Ohio on Thursday, he said the leader of one of the country\u2019s had been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize after he (Trump) had made a deal and saved a country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in December 2019 received the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the 2018 Ethiopia \u2013 Eritrea peace deal and reforms back home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to tell you about the Nobel Peace Prize. I made a deal, I saved a country. And I just heard that the head of that country is now getting the Nobel Peace Prize for saving the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI said\u2026 what the\u2026 did I have something to do with it? Yeah. But you know that\u2019s the way it is. As long as we know that\u2019s all that matters. I saved a big war, I saved a couple of them,\u201d he added as supporters cheered him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abiy\u2019s acceptance of a border ruling and offer of peace to Eritrea was received by Eritrea\u2019s Isaias Afwerki with both countries closing the chapter on two-decades of a standoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many analysts in the region had mentioned the involvement of foreign nations in bringing about reconciliation. The Gulf states \u2013 especially Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 were routinely mentioned as key backers of the deal. Both countries have awarded Gold Medals to Abiy and Afwerki after the deal. — NNN-AGENCIES
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