Eritrea asks UN to intervene in standoff with Ethiopia
Eritrea asked the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to take deterrent measures against Ethiopia, according to a letter seen by Reuters, saying Addis Ababa’s accusations of an invasion by Eritrean forces amounted to a “declaration of war”.“Eritrea requests the UN Security Council to 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,” he wrote.
Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh said in the letter that the incursion claims were part of an Ethiopian plan to justify a war of aggression.
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