Eritrea Asks UN Security Council for Deterrent Measures Against Ethiopia as Border Tensions Flare
Eritrea's Foreign Minister Osman Saleh has written to the UN Security Council demanding that it "forcefully condemn Ethiopia's deplorable declaration of war against Eritrea… and take the requisite deterrent measures against it in accordance with Chapter VII of the UN Charter," Reuters reported Oct. 10.
Ethiopia had written to council members on Friday, saying Eritrean troops had advanced as much as 60 km into the northern Tigray region in recent days and warning that the presence of foreign forces left it no choice but to defend itself. Eritrea denies any incursion, and Reuters could not independently verify either account.
On Saturday, Ethiopian government forces and allied militias entered the Tigray town of Adigrat, near the Eritrean border, three residents said — days after Eritrean forces were reportedly pushed out of the strategic town.
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