TELEGRAMMI DEL SANTO PADRE AI PRESIDENTI DI ETIOPIA ED ERITREA ● TELEGRAMMA DEL SANTO PADRE AL PRESIDENTE DELLO STATO DI ERITREA
● TELEGRAMMA DEL SANTO PADRE AL PRESIDENTE DELLA REPUBBLICA FEDERALE DEMOCRATICA DI ETIOPIA
Pubblichiamo di seguito i telegrammi che il Santo Padre Giovanni Paolo II ha fatto pervenire al Presidente dello Stato di Eritrea e al Presidente della Repubblica Democratica Federale di Etiopia, invitandoli a porre fine alle ostilità in corso:
● TELEGRAMMA DEL SANTO PADRE AL PRESIDENTE DELLO STATO DI ERITREA
HIS EXCELLENCY
ISSAIAS AFEWERKI
PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ERITREA
AS I GREET YOUR EXCELLENCY AND THE PEOPLE OF ERITREA ON THE OCCASION OF YOUR COUNTRY’S INDEPENDENCE DAY I AM DEEPLY SADDENED AT THE CONTINUING HOSTILITIES WHICH ARE BRINGING DEATH AND DESTRUCTION TO THE PEOPLE AND THE LAND OF YOUR REGION. CALLING FOR RENEWED DIALOGUE AND NEGOTIATION TO END THE ABSURD CONFLICT I PRAY FERVENTLY THAT ALMIGHTY GOD WILL GRANT TO THE PARTIES INVOLVED THE STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO EMBRACE A JUST AND LASTING PEACE BASED ON RECONCILIATION AND TRUTH.
IOANNES PAULUS PP. II
[01215-02.02] [Original text:English]
● TELEGRAMMA DEL SANTO PADRE AL PRESIDENTE DELLA REPUBBLICA FEDERALE DEMOCRATICA DI ETIOPIA
HIS EXCELLENCY
DR NEGASO GIDADA
PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA
AS I GREET YOUR EXCELLENCY AND THE PEOPLE OF ETHIOPIA ON THE OCCASION OF YOUR COUNTRY’S NATIONAL DAY I AM DEEPLY SADDENED AT THE CONTINUING HOSTILITIES WHICH ARE BRINGING DEATH AND DESTRUCTION TO THE PEOPLE AND THE LAND OF YOUR REGION. CALLING FOR RENEWED DIALOGUE AND NEGOTIATION TO END THE ABSURD CONFLICT I PRAY FERVENTLY THAT ALMIGHTY GOD WILL GRANT TO THE PARTIES INVOLVED THE STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO EMBRACE A JUST AND LASTING PEACE BASED ON RECONCILIATION AND TRUTH.
IOANNES PAULUS PP. II
[01216-02.02] [Original text:English]
