the exchange recognized the boundary pillars erected by major guinn and that is an exchange of note fromhe minister of foreign affairs of ethiopia. it was proposed and sudan accepted that, so there is no boundary disputes between sudan and ethiopia. also, the established 2001 boundary commission has worked for more than -- nearly 12 years without discussing any boundary line dispute. all that we hear about boundary disputes is something novel. it just started two months ago from the ethiopian side. otherwise, there was no -- there was an arrangement on the boundary -- cross boundary cultivation in 1972. >> i'm really sorry, i don't mean -- i don't mean to interrupt you but i need to give time to the other guests. i'll get back to you in a moment. samuel, let me and you, what does ethiopia wants to see going forward when it comes to this dispute? >> i think from the perspective of ethiopia and ethiopians, i think the either yopen government wants to -- either yopian government wants to keep its borders intact. your guests has been mentioning all these agreements and all kinds of stuff tha