{"id":2593,"date":"2015-07-06T20:09:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T20:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/?p=2593"},"modified":"2015-07-06T20:09:53","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T20:09:53","slug":"eritrea-is-mr-cohen-a-legally-registered-lobbyist-for-the-eritrean-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/2015\/07\/06\/eritrea-is-mr-cohen-a-legally-registered-lobbyist-for-the-eritrean-regime\/","title":{"rendered":"Eritrea: Is Mr. Cohen a legally registered lobbyist for the Eritrean regime?"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"article-header clearfix\">\n<h1 class=\"article-title\"><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style \">\n<div class=\"fb-like fb_iframe_widget\" data-ref=\"\" data-layout=\"button_count\" data-show_faces=\"false\" data-share=\"false\" data-action=\"like\" data-width=\"90\" data-font=\"arial\" data-href=\"http:\/\/asmarino.com\/editorial\/4408-communications-with-herman-cohen\" data-send=\"false\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content clearfix\">\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/asmarino.com\/images\/A-MoFA\/communication-with-cohen.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nDear Readers:<\/p>\n<p>Asmarino Independent \u00a0presents the English translation of the <a href=\"http:\/\/asmarino.com\/news\/4405-2015-07-04-02-39-34\">letter <\/a>forwarded by Eritrean Embassy to the Foreign Minister of Eritrea concerning the DC Embassy ongoing conversation with Mr. Herman Cohen on how to manipulate perceived &#8220;difference&#8221;\u00a0between the State Department and the office of the Presidency.<br \/>\nBeyond giving us an insight into the thinking and working process of the Eritrean regime as represented by its Embassy in Washington DC it offers us a window into the regimes strategy to induce a difference between US and EU and between the branches of the US government in a desperate maneuvering to remove the UNSC imposed sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, the use and throw regime, has accessed Mr. Cohen to do their bidding. How long this relationship will last is anyone\u2019s guess. But the connection is in line with the usual PFDJ subterfuge approach. The issue is not about the Eritrean regime\u2019s approach but about the bewildering behavior of a seasoned diplomat going to bed with the most repugnant totalitarian in Africa.<\/p>\n<div id=\"floatad\"><\/div>\n<p>Here are the critical questions that flow from this document:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is Mr. Cohen a legally registered lobbyist for the Eritrean regime?<\/li>\n<li>If so has he filled the legally required report with FARA?<\/li>\n<li>If not why was he allowed to meet with the State Department \u00a0Principal Deputy Assistant Security of State for African Affairs Ambassador Donald Teitelbaum and Nancy Cohen, Director of East Africa in order to influence the foreign policy of the USA through direct intervention on behalf of a foreign government?<\/li>\n<li>How often did he have a meeting with Ambassador Tietlbaum and Nancy Cohen?<\/li>\n<li>Was this an officially logged (registered)\u00a0\u00a0 State Department meeting?<\/li>\n<li>Did Mr. Cohen meet with other decision makers \u2013in State Department, Pentagon, the Executive branch \u2013Office of the Presidency and the Congress?<\/li>\n<li>Did he do this as an individual or as the President and CEO of Cohen and Woods International?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We in the Eritrean Diaspora have the duty of methodologically following up the detail facts about the intervention to illegally influence the US foreign policy on behalf of a brutal tyrant. \u00a0We must expose this machination.\u00a0 The voice of the people of Eritrea suffering under the brutality of PFDJ regime has to be represented.<\/p>\n<p>We ask you to help us circulate this translation widely. Please forward it to your local representative, newspapers, human right organizations etc.<\/p>\n<p>We will keep you posted on any development pertinent to this issue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Below is the English translation of the <a href=\"http:\/\/asmarino.com\/news\/4405-2015-07-04-02-39-34\">original memo written in Tigrigna<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Embassy of Eritrea<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">United States of America<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">EMBASSY OF THE STATE OF ERITREA, WASHINTON DC, USA<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Readers: Asmarino Independent \u00a0presents the English translation of the letter forwarded by Eritrean Embassy to the Foreign Minister of Eritrea concerning the DC Embassy ongoing conversation with Mr. Herman Cohen on how to manipulate perceived &#8220;difference&#8221;\u00a0between the State Department and the office of the Presidency. 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