Comments by "rejvaik" (@rejvaik00) on "Landlocked Ethiopia wants a navy" video.

  1. You don't want that. Hallie Selassie was an absolute monarch and his story of his rise to power and disposal of the former empress was not a good one.
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  2. Here is some context for landlocked nations with navies: "The Declaration recognising the Right to a Flag of States having no Sea-coast (French: Déclaration portant reconnaissance du droit au pavillon des Etats dépourvus de littoral) is a 1921 multilateral treatywhich legally recognised that a land-locked statecould be a maritime flag state; that is, that a land-locked state could register ships and sail them on the sea under its own flag. As of 2013, the Declaration has been ratified by over 50 states, and international law recognises the right of any state to sail ships on the sea under its own flag. Today, land-locked states which have merchant vessel fleets include Austria, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Hungary, Laos, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Moldova, Paraguay, Slovakia and Switzerland, though of these, only Ethiopia, Laos, and Mongolia have no river/sea port from which the high sea can be reached."
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  3. Watch out Eritrea! Ethiopia still hasn't forgotten about losing the sea access you gained back in 1991
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  4. Here is some context for landlocked nations with navies: "The Declaration recognising the Right to a Flag of States having no Sea-coast (French: Déclaration portant reconnaissance du droit au pavillon des Etats dépourvus de littoral) is a 1921 multilateral treatywhich legally recognised that a land-locked statecould be a maritime flag state; that is, that a land-locked state could register ships and sail them on the sea under its own flag. As of 2013, the Declaration has been ratified by over 50 states, and international law recognises the right of any state to sail ships on the sea under its own flag. Today, land-locked states which have merchant vessel fleets include Austria, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Hungary, Laos, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Moldova, Paraguay, Slovakia and Switzerland, though of these, only Ethiopia, Laos, and Mongolia have no river/sea port from which the high sea can be reached."
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  5. Ethiopia wanting a navy really means that the Ethiopian government is still pissed at losing territory from the independence Eritrea gained in 1991. And it would gladly attempt to get it back from Eritrea and claim that sea access it once had, if by force, diplomacy, or even a 99 year lease like how the Chinese are doing. It still remains to be seen how this will come about. But one thing is for certain Ethiopia is indeed watching Eritrea closely.
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  6. Here is some context for landlocked navies: "The Declaration recognising the Right to a Flag of States having no Sea-coast (French: Déclaration portant reconnaissance du droit au pavillon des Etats dépourvus de littoral) is a 1921 multilateral treatywhich legally recognised that a land-locked statecould be a maritime flag state; that is, that a land-locked state could register ships and sail them on the sea under its own flag. As of 2013, the Declaration has been ratified by over 50 states, and international law recognises the right of any state to sail ships on the sea under its own flag. Today, land-locked states which have merchant vessel fleets include Austria, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Hungary, Laos, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Moldova, Paraguay, Slovakia and Switzerland, though of these, only Ethiopia, Laos, and Mongolia have no river/sea port from which the high sea can be reached."
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  7. Here is some context for landlocked navies: The Declaration recognising the Right to a Flag of States having no Sea-coast (French: Déclaration portant reconnaissance du droit au pavillon des Etats dépourvus de littoral) is a 1921 multilateral treatywhich legally recognised that a land-locked statecould be a maritime flag state; that is, that a land-locked state could register ships and sail them on the sea under its own flag. As of 2013, the Declaration has been ratified by over 50 states, and international law recognises the right of any state to sail ships on the sea under its own flag. Today, land-locked states which have merchant vessel fleets include Austria, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Hungary, Laos, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Moldova, Paraguay, Slovakia and Switzerland, though of these, only Ethiopia, Laos, and Mongolia have no river/sea port from which the high sea can be reached.
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  8. Here is some context for landlocked navies: "The Declaration recognising the Right to a Flag of States having no Sea-coast (French: Déclaration portant reconnaissance du droit au pavillon des Etats dépourvus de littoral) is a 1921 multilateral treatywhich legally recognised that a land-locked statecould be a maritime flag state; that is, that a land-locked state could register ships and sail them on the sea under its own flag. As of 2013, the Declaration has been ratified by over 50 states, and international law recognises the right of any state to sail ships on the sea under its own flag. Today, land-locked states which have merchant vessel fleets include Austria, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Hungary, Laos, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Moldova, Paraguay, Slovakia and Switzerland, though of these, only Ethiopia, Laos, and Mongolia have no river/sea port from which the high sea can be reached."
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