The council unanimously adopted a British-drafted resolution lifting the arms embargo, all travels bans, asset freezes and targeted sanctions against Eritrea. The council slapped sanctions on Eritrea in 2009 for its alleged support of Al-Shabaab insurgents in Somalia, a claim Asmara has long denied. Eritrea and Somalia strongly supported calls to end sanctions, and negotiations over the past two weeks focused on addressing concerns about Djibouti. ” The ambassador told reporters ahead of the vote that the lifting of sanctions would help promote respect for human rights in Eritrea. Eritrea gained its independence from Ethiopia in the early 1990s, and war broke out later that decade over a border dispute.

Source: Ethiopian News November 14, 2018 15:33 UTC