Eritrea cuts ties with Ethiopia over Asmara embassy closure
Oct 1 (Reuters) - Ethiopia ordered the closure of its embassy in Eritrea and declared 10 Eritrean diplomats persona nongrata on Thursday, prompting Asmara to sever all diplomatic ties with its neighbour after overnight blasts heard in Addis Ababa sparked fears aboutrenewed conflict in northern Ethiopia spreading. Addis Ababa has accused Eritrea, Sudan and Egypt of supporting an opposition…
Ethiopia has closed its embassy in Eritrea and declared 10 Eritrean diplomats persona non grata. Eritrea has responded by severing all diplomatic ties with Ethiopia. The move comes after fighting broke out last week between Ethiopian forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in northern Ethiopia.
Ethiopia has accused Eritrea, along with Sudan and Egypt, of supporting the TPLF, which Eritrea and the other two countries deny. The clashes have raised fears of a return to the devastating 2020-2022 civil war that killed an estimated 600,000 people, according to the South China Morning Post.
The conflict has resulted in hundreds of people being killed and wounded. Eritrea had previously supported Ethiopia's federal government in the 2020-2022 civil war. The two countries have a history of tension, having fought a border war from 1998 to 2000, and Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993.
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