鲁比奥与埃塞俄比亚总理阿比通话：支持各方缓和局势 强调依2018年埃厄和平框架通过对话解决紧张
美国国务院10月14日发布的通话纪要显示，国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥当天与埃塞俄比亚总理阿比·艾哈迈德通话，讨论埃塞俄比亚与其邻国厄立特里亚之间日益紧张的局势。国务院发言人汤米·皮戈特发布的纪要称，鲁比奥在通话中表示支持各方缓和紧张局势，维护地区稳定。
据国务院纪要，鲁比奥指出，埃塞俄比亚和厄立特里亚应依据2018年两国和平框架，并遵循尊重两国主权和领土完整的原则，通过对话寻求解决之道。鲁比奥同时确认了特朗普政府维护非洲之角乃至整个非洲大陆和平与稳定的目标。
站内此前已报道，厄立特里亚总统伊萨亚斯·阿费沃基10月初致信联合国安理会，否认厄立特里亚威胁埃塞俄比亚，并指责埃塞俄比亚方面发表好战言论，称埃塞俄比亚推动出海通道的举动是地缘政治升级行为，要求联合国予以谴责。
埃塞俄比亚与厄立特里亚1998年至2000年曾爆发边境战争，造成数万人死亡。2018年，阿比出任埃塞总理后与厄立特里亚签署和平协议、恢复两国关系，阿比并于2019年获得诺贝尔和平奖。近年来，随着埃塞俄比亚不断要求获得红海出海口，以及埃塞"复兴大坝"争端，埃厄关系再度趋于紧张。
Rubio Speaks With Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy, Backs De-escalation and Dialogue Under 2018 Ethiopia-Eritrea Peace Framework
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke on October 14 with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed about rising tensions between Ethiopia and its neighbor Eritrea, according to a readout of the call released the same day by the U.S. Department of State. Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said in the readout that Rubio voiced support for efforts to de-escalate tensions and to maintain stability in the region.
According to the readout, Rubio noted that Ethiopia and Eritrea should seek a resolution through dialogue, in accordance with the countries' 2018 peace framework and the principles of respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of both nations. Rubio also affirmed the Trump Administration's goal of maintaining peace and stability in the Horn of Africa and across the continent.
As previously reported by GSM, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki wrote to the UN Security Council in early October denying that Eritrea threatens Ethiopia and accusing Ethiopia of belligerent rhetoric, calling Ethiopia's push for sea access a geopolitical escalation and asking the UN to condemn it.
Ethiopia and Eritrea fought a border war from 1998 to 2000 that killed tens of thousands of people. After Abiy became prime minister in 2018, the two countries signed a peace agreement and restored relations, and Abiy received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019. In recent years, as landlocked Ethiopia has pressed its demand for access to the Red Sea and disputes over its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam have continued, relations between the two countries have again grown strained.
图片来源：埃塞俄比亚总理阿比·艾哈迈德（资料图，2019年摄）。The Kremlin, Moscow／Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 4.0
