An Ethiopian-Sudanese meeting in Nairobi and confirmation of dialogue
The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abi Ahmed, announced that he met with the commander of the Sudanese army, Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, in Nairobi, on Tuesday, on the sidelines of the IGAD (Group of East and Central African Development Countries) summit, a few days after a border incident that led to a diplomatic escalation between the two countries. the two countries.
Abi Ahmed wrote in his official account on Twitter, "We both acknowledged that our two countries have many elements of cooperation to work on in peace," adding, "Our joint relations transcend any dispute. We are both committed to dialogue and a peaceful solution to outstanding issues."
The Ethiopian Prime Minister's page on Twitter said that Abi Ahmed met Al-Burhan, to discuss the current regional and bilateral issues, on the sidelines of the IGAD meeting.
The official Sudanese news agency "SUNA" reported that Nairobi witnessed a closed meeting between Al-Burhan and the Ethiopian Prime Minister.
At the end of last June, Ethiopia denied Sudan's accusation of its army of kidnapping and executing seven Sudanese soldiers and one civilian, and said that a local militia had done so.
Skirmishes have taken place between the two neighboring countries in recent years over the disputed, fertile border area of Al-Fashqa, according to Reuters.
The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the eight men were kidnapped from inside Sudanese territory on June 22, taken into Ethiopian territory and killed.
The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said that Sudan "provided false information about what happened and that the deaths resulted from skirmishes between Sudanese soldiers and a local militia," after the soldiers penetrated into Ethiopian territory, adding that "the incident will be subject to investigation."
The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which accused Ethiopia of displaying the bodies of the dead, said that it had "summoned the Ethiopian ambassador to Khartoum and requested the return of its ambassador from Addis Ababa for consultations."
Sudanese government sources reported that Khartoum "submitted a complaint to the Security Council about the incident."
After a visit to the border area of Al-Fashqa, Al-Burhan threatened that "the response will be a tangible reality on the ground," according to Reuters.
The office of the official spokesman for the Sudanese armed forces said that Al-Burhan directed "not to allow any new movements or encroachments on Sudanese lands and citizens up to the international border line with Ethiopia."
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