Eritrea: Ethiopia attacked us over border dispute

Source: Associated Press

By TOM ODULA | Associated Press – 4 hrs ago

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Eritrean government said Friday that an attack on its military outposts by neighboring Ethiopia was carried out with the help of the U.S. and meant to divert attention from a decade-old border dispute between the two countries.

Ethiopia said Thursday it carried out a ground assault on the outposts because Eritrea was training "subversive groups" that carried out attacks inside Ethiopia.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Ethiopia and Eritrea "to exercise maximum restraint," resolve their differences through peaceful means, and avoid any action that could lead to an escalation of tensions, U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said. He also urged both sides to respect each other's territorial integrity.

Eritrea's Foreign Ministry quoted the Ethiopian government as saying its armed forces on Thursday "penetrated 18 kilometers (11 miles) inside sovereign Eritrean territory to carry out an attack on Eritrean army outposts."

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