Great
sleuthing on MD-UP swap, Peter. Moldovan source is Russian is quite
useful. I have not seen the actual legislation and
maps.
I'm
currently taking wagers on who's going to get what when the UN-appointed
boundary commission reveals its decision delimiting the Eritrea-Ethiopia
boundary in late February. Any speculation from my fellow
synorophiles? As the commission contains both ER and ET members, I suspect
the two States may already or may very soon know the outcome. Can we
expect hissy fits or more pyrotechnics again?. There has been
some press speculation that ET may attempt to jump ship from the
Algiers Agreement (http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/010109/2001010921.html)
if the decision is unfavorable to them. It is important to
know that the Agreement emphacizes that only the colonial treaties and maps
(however vague) will dictate the final decision, which shall shall be
rendered "ex aequo et bono" (without any consideration of equanimity) [www.un.org/Docs/sc/statements/2001/prst4e.pdf
]. That's a hard one for the
commission. Who will get Badme, the Irob, Zela Ambessa, and the Asab
regions?
Ray
Cf. http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2001/07/130701.asp
:
MOLDOVA, UKRAINE, APPROVE ACCORD ON SWAPPING TERRITORIES
The
parliaments of Moldova and Ukraine on 12 July approved the
agreement
whereby Ukraine will gain sovereignty over a stretch of the
Izmail-Odessa
highway previously on Moldovan territory in exchange
for Moldova's gaining
access to a 430-meter stretch of land along the
banks of the Danube River
near the village of Giurgiulesti, where it
intends to build an oil
terminal, dpa reported. The villagers of
Palanca, whose pastures will be
now transferred to Ukraine,
demonstrated in Chisinau against the
agreement. The accord stipulates
that the villagers will be allowed access
to the pastures without
using passports. The opposition Popular Party
Christian Democratic
accused the ruling Party of Moldovan Communists of
"selling off
national wealth" and "harming national interests." MS
Peter S.
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