I would like to thank the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs for this opportunity to share my views on peacekeeping and peace-building in the context of the EthioEritrean conflict and on how to restore Ethiopian-Eritrean relations to a peaceful avenue. I am flattered by the invitation because I have no claim to a special expertise on the subject except that I am a citizen of one of the two countries who has followed closely developments in Ethiopian-Eritrean relations with great hope and recently with disappointment and concern. My views are therefore personal and they should be taken as such. They are also expressed here on a non-attributable basis.