this was recognition of the mind he's only been in office for 20 months prime minister abu ahmed ali praised for changing ethiopia in that time releasing fantasies of political prisoners and putting the country on a more open power but the committee that gives the award was determined to make one thing clear to the new leader of the country that in the past has been led by kings strong men and dictators. by awarding you the nobel peace prize we were not expressing an opinion on how or if you should lead the ethiopian people in the future the leadership of ethiopia and its political platform must be decided by ethiopian people and the ethiopian people alone she said prime minister was the main architects of the peace with their a trailer and this was not a joint award it was still more work to be done between the 2 countries at present this work seems to be at a standstill. it is the hope of the new we've been nobel committee that your previous achievements coupled with the added encouragement of the peace price will spur the parties to further implementation of the peace treaties i b