While Eritrea is not mentioned by name, sections in the document about stopping "provocation or incursion from either side of the border" were interpreted by East Africa correspondent for The New York Times, Abdi Latif Dahir, as being directed towards Eritrea.[1] The International Crisis Group's Alan Boswell also supported this interpretation, saying that the provision may have been "designed to assure the Tigrayans that Eritrea will withdraw."[2] Ethiopia's Redwan Hussein – in a meeting held after the signing of the agreement – said that Ethiopia and Tigray were so busy fighting each other that it "paved the way for a third party to undermine us further."