EPDP Delegation Holds Talks with Dutch Labour Party in Amsterdam
2015-05-28 11:41:32 Written by EPDP Information Office Published in EPDP News Read 2606 times-
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At the last leg of its five-day mission to the Netherlands, the delegation of the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP), headed by Mr. Menghesteab Asmerom, on Tuesday, 26 May 2015, held intensive talks with concerned officials of the Dutch Labour Party at its headquarters in Amsterdam.
The meeting was opened by the EPDP chairman who warmly congratulated the Dutch Labour Party (Partij Van van de Arbei t – PvdA) for hosting a successful conference of the Progressive Alliance that took place between 22 and 23 May in Rotterdam and exhaustively explained the ever worsening political, social and economic situation in Eritrea and the difficulties and dangers faced by those Eritreans trying to escape torture and death in the hands of the repressive regime at home.
EPD and PvdA are founding members of the Progressive Alliance
Other members of the EPDP delegation at the meeting, who were Mr. Woldeyesus Ammar, head of foreign relations, and Mr. Mehari Tesfamariam, representative of the EPDP foreign office in Holland, joined in explaining the positions of their party on a number of issues and the expectations of Eritreans from fraternal parties like the Dutch Labour Party. These expectations included concrete support to the political and civil society organizations opposed to the regime in Asmara so that they could be viable alternative democratic forces for good post-dictatorship governance in the country. Special focus was also given to the urgency of support to Eritrean refugees in the Horn of Africa region as well as to those already in Holland and other European countries.
On their party the Dutch Labour Party officials expressed deep sympathies with all Eritreans victimized by their own regime and said the PvdA will play its part in addressing the various requests mentioned at the meeting. They also hoped that the struggle for change and democratization in Eritrea will achieve its well deserved objectives.
It is to be recalled that a four-person EPDP delegation made substantive contributions at the various workshops of the Progressive Alliance conference in Amsterdam. In the days that followed, the delegation also held not only an open public meeting with Eritreans in Holland but also took the opportunity to closely consult with representatives of youth movements and with veteran freedom fighters residing in Holland.
