The claims commission does not have jurisdiction on the boundary.

In the first place I don't know about the deadline.

They have refused to negotiate. These are not the actions of a nation that wants peace.

They can't say the war is over when they still occupy sovereign Eritrean territory.

They are talking about mechanics, what we want to see are tangible results on the ground.

Ethiopia has to withdraw to all pre-May 6, 1998, positions. This has to be verified independently.

Ethiopia reached this stage now when it cannot continue militarily. Militarily, they have lost heavily in the past two weeks.

The critical point is whether there is progress on the cardinal issue: whether Ethiopia has accepted the boundary commission's decision in good faith. The formal statement from the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry yesterday does not encourage one to think in optimistic terms.

Meles is not the judge in this case.

There is heavy shelling and movements of their aircraft. We are just responding and defending our positions.