Didn’t Ethiopia unconditionally accept the decision?
No! According to Ethiopia Prime Minister’s August 2007 radio interview, Ethiopia will consent to demarcation only if it is allowed to retain, “all what it considers being Ethiopian territory.” What this means is the EEBC has to demarcate the border to match Ethiopia’s border claim line of 2001, a claim that was rejected by the Commission’s 2002 Delimitation Decision. Furthermore, as the EBBC’s 25th report from September 28, 2007 exposed, Ethiopia is not ready to demarcate the border.
