Updates on border issue...
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Ethiopia follows border order, but not Eritrea-UN
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L07623094.htm
"..."On Dec. 23, UNMEE confirmed that Ethiopia had completed the planned withdrawal of eight of its divisions from the forward positions," the report said, referring to the U.N. Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE).
"Most of the Ethiopian forces presently deployed in the border area appear to have a defensive posture," the report released late on Friday said.
Eritrea had not lifted its restrictions on U.N. peacekeepers, including a ban on helicopter patrols and curtailing of ground movements, it said.
"The imposition of the restrictions on the freedom of movement of UNMEE personnel has continued," the report said.
The Security Council also threatened sanctions if they were not lifted.
But the mission said there was no evidence of tanks, artillery or large-scale troop concentrations inside the buffer zone.
Eritrean troops were stationed at 15 to 17 locations inside the zone, with 80 to 150 soldiers at each position, it said..."
Eritrea will accept "mistaken" ruling on war
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L09779429.htm
"..."We feel strongly that it is a mistake," said Lea Brilmayer, a U.S. lawyer who has advised Eritrea for 10 years.
"We also feel very strongly that when you agree to settle something by going to arbitration then you run the risk that there is going to be mistakes and you have to accept that," she told Reuters in an interview..."
Ethiopia follows border order, but not Eritrea-UN
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L07623094.htm
"..."On Dec. 23, UNMEE confirmed that Ethiopia had completed the planned withdrawal of eight of its divisions from the forward positions," the report said, referring to the U.N. Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE).
"Most of the Ethiopian forces presently deployed in the border area appear to have a defensive posture," the report released late on Friday said.
Eritrea had not lifted its restrictions on U.N. peacekeepers, including a ban on helicopter patrols and curtailing of ground movements, it said.
"The imposition of the restrictions on the freedom of movement of UNMEE personnel has continued," the report said.
The Security Council also threatened sanctions if they were not lifted.
But the mission said there was no evidence of tanks, artillery or large-scale troop concentrations inside the buffer zone.
Eritrean troops were stationed at 15 to 17 locations inside the zone, with 80 to 150 soldiers at each position, it said..."
Eritrea will accept "mistaken" ruling on war
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L09779429.htm
"..."We feel strongly that it is a mistake," said Lea Brilmayer, a U.S. lawyer who has advised Eritrea for 10 years.
"We also feel very strongly that when you agree to settle something by going to arbitration then you run the risk that there is going to be mistakes and you have to accept that," she told Reuters in an interview..."
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