The Trump administration lifted sanctions on Eritrean Defense Forces and other entities in Eritrea \u200bon Friday in a move analysts have said \u200ccould boost US ties to the African nation given its strategic location along the Red Sea shipping route.<\/p>\n
The \u200bmove, announced in a notice posted on the Department \u200bof Treasury’s website and welcomed by the \u2060Eritrean government, comes as the war in the Middle \u200bEast has expanded, with additional attention on the Red Sea, where \u200bEritrea’s coastline is opposite Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n
Reuters previously reported that Republican US President Donald Trump’s administration was planning to remove the sanctions, \u200bciting an internal government document.<\/p>\n
Trump’s Democratic predecessor \u200bJoe Biden had imposed sanctions in 2021 against Eritrea’s ruling party \u200cand \u2060military as well as senior Eritrean officials for their role in a war in neighboring Ethiopia, where Eritrean forces backed Ethiopian troops fighting regional authorities \u200bin the northern \u200bTigray region.<\/p>\n
Yemane \u2060Gebremeskel, Eritrea’s information minister, told Reuters that the sanctions had caused incalculable damage \u200bto the country.<\/p>\n
“The unilateral sanctions imposed by \u200bthe \u2060Biden Administration five years ago were not warranted by any metrics… In this respect, we welcome the \u2060gesture and \u200bremedial measures by the Trump \u200bAdministration,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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