As the minister responsible for the Canadian International Development Agency, I have been dealing with this area for some time, both with respect to the disastrous effects that the famine has had, which is a natural disaster as a result of drought in this region both in Eritrea as well as in Ethiopia, compounded with the war that exists between these two countries.
En ma qualité de ministre responsable de l'Agence canadienne de développement international, je m'occupe depuis un bon moment déjà de cette région, des effets désastreux de la famine, une catastrophe naturelle due à la sécheresse qui a frappé l'Érythrée et l'Éthiopie, et de la guerre entre ces deux pays qui aggrave la situation.