Mohammed bin Rashid and Mohammed bin Zayed: Abi Ahmed is a man of wisdom making peace and hope in his country and his neighborhood

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has blessed Ethiopian Prime Minister Abe Ahmed with his Nobel Peace Prize.

"We congratulate His Excellency the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abe Ahmed, on his deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize," he wrote on his official Twitter account.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum added that Ahmed is a man of wisdom, development and a true peacemaker, a philanthropist, a friend of the UAE and a close friend of the people of the UAE.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, congratulated Ethiopian Prime Minister Abe Ahmed on winning the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his great efforts aimed at settling the border dispute with Eritrea.

"My sincere congratulations to my dear friend, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abe Ahmed, on his well-deserved Nobel Peace Prize," he said in a tweet on Twitter.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a wise man, made peace and hope in his country and his neighborhood, honoring in his shop an extraordinary personality.

Earlier in the day, he announced the award of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abe Ahmed (43 years), for his efforts to achieve peace, especially the great reconciliation between his country and neighboring Eritrea.

Norwegian Nobel Peace Committee Chairperson Beret Rice Andersen said the award was given to Abe in recognition of "his efforts to reach peace and serve international cooperation, especially for his decisive initiative aimed at resolving the border dispute with Eritrea."

She added that the award also aims to "recognize all actors working for peace and reconciliation in Ethiopia and the regions of East and Northeast Africa."

The Nobel Committee also noted the efforts of Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki.

"Peace does not stem from the actions of one party," she said. "When Prime Minister Abe reached out, President Afewerki accepted it and contributed to the peace process between the two countries."

The head of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Dan Smith, said the Nobel committee's decision was aimed at promoting the peace process, such as the 1994 and 1993 prizes awarded to reconciliation efforts in South Africa.

"It is a case of a desire for constructive intervention in the peace process ... to promote and encourage," he told Reuters.

For his part, the Ethiopian Prime Minister that the award of the Nobel Peace Prize «honor» and «pleased», welcome «award awarded to Africa».

"I imagine all the other African leaders will think that it is possible to work on peace-building measures on our continent," Abe said in a brief telephone conversation with Nobel institutions on the Internet.

Immediately after the announcement of the award, Ethiopia confirmed that it was "proud as a nation" of the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Prime Minister Abe Ahmed, according to a tweet from the office of the Prime Minister of the second most populous country in Africa.

"We are proud as a nation," Abe's office wrote on Twitter. He published a statement on the same site that considered this award constitutes a "recognition" of the Prime Minister's work for "unity, cooperation and coexistence."

`` Since Prime Minister Abe Ahmed took over the political leadership in April 2018, he has made peace, amnesty and reconciliation essential elements of his policy and administration. ''

Although Abe, Africa's youngest leader, still faces enormous challenges, in less than two years in power he has launched political and economic reforms that promise a better life for many in impoverished Ethiopia and has restored relations with Eritrea, which has been at a standstill since the 1998-2000 border war.

Nobel Peace was awarded last year to Congolese doctor Denis Mukwigi and Yezidi Nadia Murad, who was captured by ISIS. The winners are working to "end sexual violence as a weapon of war."

The award is a gold necklace and an imminent certificate worth nine million Swedish crowns (equivalent to about $ 900,000), which will be handed over in Oslo on December 10, the anniversary of the death of its industrial founder and Swedish philanthropist Alfred Nobel (1833-1896).

In a will he wrote before his death, the inventor of dynamite expressed his desire to reward "those who provided mankind during the year the greatest services."