Ethiopia has confirmed clashes that reportedly took place this week at a border area between Sudanese troops and Ethiopia\u2019s militiamen. <\/p>\n
The spokesperson of Ethiopia\u2019s Foreign Affairs Ministry Dina Mufti told local media that \u201cthe Sudanese force made \u201cmajor incursion\u201d into Ethiopia\u2019s territory that led to fighting\u201d in which an undisclosed number of soldiers and militiamen were killed. <\/p>\n
The spokesperson said the Sudanese military crossed the border into Ethiopia\u2019s territory, seized lands and attacked local farmers in the area.<\/p>\n
A counterattack by the local militiamen regained control of the area; Dina said but did not disclose the number of causalities.<\/p>\n
“The gov\u2019t is closely following the incident with the local militia on the Ethio-Sudan border,\u201d Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Friday on his official Twitter account.<\/p>\n
His response came after Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said that \u201cEthiopian forces and militias\u201d attacked a military patrol inside Sudan.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuch incidents will not break the bond b\/n our two countries as we always use dialogue to resolve issues,\u201d Abiy said in his tweet, referring to the clashes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose fanning discord clearly do not understand the strength of our historical ties,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The attack against the militiamen came while Ethiopia has finalized a “law enforcement operation” in the country’s northernmost region of Tigray after the now outlawed Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) had attacked the northern command of the Ethiopian Defense Forces.<\/p>\n
According to the spokesperson, the Ethiopian government believes that lower-ranking officials of the Sudanese army perpetrated the attack.<\/p>\n
Ethiopia appreciates its neighborliness and wants to safeguard longstanding relations with Sudan, Dina said adding leaders of the two countries will dwell on the matter shortly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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