Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09ASMARA391
2009-11-10 09:03:00
SECRET//NOFORN
Embassy Asmara
Cable title:
ERITREAN GOVERNMENT RELOCATES MILITARY TRAINING
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ASMARA 000391
DEPARTMENT FOR DS/IP/AF, DS/TIA/ITA, DS/IP/SPC/SO, DRL,
AF/RSA, AND AF/E
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/05/2029
TAGS: MOPS PGOV PREL PINS ASEC ER
SUBJECT: ERITREAN GOVERNMENT RELOCATES MILITARY TRAINING
CENTER
Classified By: Ambassador Ronald K. McMullen for Reason 1.4 (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L ASMARA 000391
DEPARTMENT FOR DS/IP/AF, DS/TIA/ITA, DS/IP/SPC/SO, DRL,
AF/RSA, AND AF/E
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/05/2029
TAGS: MOPS PGOV PREL PINS ASEC ER
SUBJECT: ERITREAN GOVERNMENT RELOCATES MILITARY TRAINING
CENTER
Classified By: Ambassador Ronald K. McMullen for Reason 1.4 (d)
1. (C) The Eritrean government (GSE) is reportedly planning
to relocate its Sawa training center to a newer facility
located in the vicinity of Massawa along the Red Sea,
according to a reliable embassy source. NOTE: All 12th
grade students in Eritrea report to Sawa in western Eritrea
to conduct military training during their last year of
school. END NOTE. During this last session from summer 2008
until spring 2009, approximately 50% of the students fled
Sawa into Sudan, this source claimed. The GSE is concerned
about this high percentage of students fleeing the country
and is constructing a new facility on the Red Sea coast to
make it more difficult for students to flee. One Western
diplomat told RSO that if the facility is not completed by
spring 2010, they will cancel the upcoming 12th grade
military training for the upcoming class.
2. (C) Post continues to receive reports of Eritreans from
all facets of society who are fleeing in droves due to poor
economic prospects in Eritrea and forced, endless national
service.
McMULLEN
DEPARTMENT FOR DS/IP/AF, DS/TIA/ITA, DS/IP/SPC/SO, DRL,
AF/RSA, AND AF/E
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/05/2029
TAGS: MOPS PGOV PREL PINS ASEC ER
SUBJECT: ERITREAN GOVERNMENT RELOCATES MILITARY TRAINING
CENTER
Classified By: Ambassador Ronald K. McMullen for Reason 1.4 (d)
1. (C) The Eritrean government (GSE) is reportedly planning
to relocate its Sawa training center to a newer facility
located in the vicinity of Massawa along the Red Sea,
according to a reliable embassy source. NOTE: All 12th
grade students in Eritrea report to Sawa in western Eritrea
to conduct military training during their last year of
school. END NOTE. During this last session from summer 2008
until spring 2009, approximately 50% of the students fled
Sawa into Sudan, this source claimed. The GSE is concerned
about this high percentage of students fleeing the country
and is constructing a new facility on the Red Sea coast to
make it more difficult for students to flee. One Western
diplomat told RSO that if the facility is not completed by
spring 2010, they will cancel the upcoming 12th grade
military training for the upcoming class.
2. (C) Post continues to receive reports of Eritreans from
all facets of society who are fleeing in droves due to poor
economic prospects in Eritrea and forced, endless national
service.
McMULLEN