ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Ethiopia Woyanne’s foreign ministry said Sunday it maintained healthy ties with Sudan after accusations that its troops had crossed their common frontier, killing 19 people.
“Ethiopia Woyanne and Sudan have an excellent and strategic relationship,” said the Ethiopian foreign ministry in a statement. Their ties were “healthy, strong and steadily expanding,” the statement added.
“This does not mean, as in all border areas, that incidents may not occur. It does mean that when they do arise, as happened on Monday, they can be handled promptly and at the highest level, with both sides making every effort to ensure they should be contained and dealt with quickly.
“That is why a Sudanese presidential envoy has arrived in Addis Ababa,” it added.
Addis Ababa has denied claims made on Tuesday by Sudan’s army spokesman that Ethiopian forces had attacked a police base 17 kilometres (11 miles) inside Sudanese territory, killing 19 people, including a police officer.
The army spokesman gave no reason for the attack in the Jabal Hantub area of Gedaref state, which lies on the northern part of the long international border.
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So now, the Weyanes, the mother of all lies, admit that there was some incident after claiming all along that there was none. What rotten apples do we have as leaders of a beautiful country? That is a shame and it must be changed.
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July 13th, 2008 at 5:21 PM