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Eritrea says will not retaliate against Ethiopia
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Eritrea said it will not retaliate after rival neighbour Ethiopia attacked its territory
"It is those who do not know the price of war who are hungry to go to war," Eritrean Information Minister Ali Abdu told AFP by telephone. "We fought enough for 30 years, and we will never be dragged into war through such hostile provocations as this." Ethiopia on Thursday said it attacked Eritrean military bases over the killing of five European tourists on its territory in January, accusing Eritrea of training "hit-and-run terrorists." Ali said the charges it supported rebel groups were a lie, instead accusing Addis Ababa of carrying out attacks against Eritrea since the end of their bloody 1998-2000 border war, which left at least 70,000 dead. The two countries remain at odds over a disputed border town, which was handed to Eritrea by a UN-backed boundary commission, but Addis Ababa has refused to acknowledge the ruling. Eritrea broke away from Ethiopia and won independence in 1993 after a 30-year struggle. "The regime has been engaged in such aggressive acts for the last ten years," Ali said, speaking in the Eritrean capital Asmara. "We do not support such groups, as these are the products of Ethiopia's own internal crisis and the result of a policy of exclusion and marginalisation," he added. Posted by: Fred 2012-03-17 |
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