The demand by Prime Minister Abiy can be found here.
President Isaias’s official response is below.
Discourses – both actual and presumed – on water, access to the sea, and related topics floated in the recent times are numerous and excessive indeed. The affair has perplexed all concerned observers.
In the event, the Government of Eritrea repeatedly reiterates that it will not, as ever, be drawn into such alleys and platforms. The GOE further urges all concerned not to be provoked by these events.
Ministry of Information
Asmara
16 October 2023
Martin Plaut 
Aferweki is going senile. He helped form the Abiy monster and now it’s coming for him.