U.S. President Donald J. Trump Wishes Eritreans Happy Independence Day

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President Donald Trump did something President Obama did not do in his eight years in office: Congratulate the Eritrean people on their hard-earned independence.

Thank you President Trump. We appreciate it.

We hope President Trump continues to break Obama's disastrous foreign policy legacy by removing the illegal and unjust sanctions from Eritrea and force Ethiopia to vacate from sovereign Eritrean territories so the people of the Horn of Africa can focus on the real enemy: poverty.

On the Occasion of the State of Eritrea's National Day

Press Statement
Rex W. Tillerson
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
May 24, 2017

On behalf of the government and the people of the United States, congratulations to the people of Eritrea on the 26th anniversary of your nation on May 24th. As the country celebrates, we share the hopes of the Eritrean people for a free, peaceful, and productive future.

Source: U.S. Department of State

U.S. Charge d’affaires to Asmara, Natalie E. Brown, also congradulated the Eritrean people on the 26th anniversary of Independence:

My Embassy colleagues join me in congratulating the people of Eritrea on the 26th anniversary of their nationhood. We wish you a happy May 24th as well as peace and prosperity.

Natalie E. Brown
Chief of Mission

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