By Siyanne Mekonnen
Addis Abeba, February 19/2021 – Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a strong statement in which it said Ethiopia “strongly believes that the conflict being trumpeted by the Sudanese government’s military wing could only serve the interests of a third party at the expense of the Sudanese people.”
The Ministry also condemned “in the strongest possible terms the escalation and provocative behavior of the Government of the Sudan regarding the boundary issue between Ethiopia and the Sudan.”
The Statement came two days after the Sudanese Foreign Ministry summoned Gamal al-Sheikh, Sudan’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, home for “consultations about the border and the Great Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD)”, according to the spokesperson for the Sudanese Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Mansour Boulad.
By Siyanne Mekonnen
Addis Abeba, February 17/2021 – Residents who live in the west Gonder areas in Amhara regional state where Sudanese forces have made incursions have expressed their concerns about the border issues and said it needed to be resolved before the coming farming season.
Ethiopia accuses Sudanese forces of occupying its sovereign territories at a time when the “government was preoccupied with the law enforcement operation in the Tigray region.” The Ministry of Foreign Affairs accuses Sudan of invading “land that is part of Ethiopia’s territory,” and said “in its indefensible conduct, the Sudanese Army demolished Ethiopian administrative institutions, overtaken military camps, killed and displaced residents, and destroyed their crops and property. Sudan acted in flagrant violation of international law against the use of force and the boundary re-demarcation treaties.”