Eritrea urges UN to intervene in standoff with Ethiopia
list 3 of 4Witnesses spot Eritrean troops inside northern Ethiopia as tensions flarelist 4 of 4Ethiopian PM Abiy demands Red Sea access as tensions with neighbours riseend of listIn a separate letter to the council on Saturday, Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh said the claims of an Eritrean incursion were part of an Ethiopian plan to justify a war of aggression and urged the UN to intervene, invoking Chapter VII of the UN Charter, which allows measures from sanctions to military action.
Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos on Friday accused Eritrea of “a blatant act of aggression that engages Ethiopia’s inherent right to self-defence”.
Eritrean Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel accused Ethiopia on Friday of pursuing aggression against Eritrea through its demands for sovereign access to the Red Sea.
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