ADDIS ABABA – I-Ethiopia ithe ngoLwesithathu amasosha amise amasosha e-Eritrea engumakhelwane athumbe izivakashi ezingu-28 zaseFrance endaweni eqhelile enyakatho ne-Afar.
"Umzamo wamasosha ase-Eritrea wokuthumba izivakashi zaseFrance ezingu-28 esifundeni sase-Afar ubhuntshiwe ngabezokuphepha base-Ethiopia," kusho isitatimende samaphoyisa kumabonakude wombuso.
Isikhulu sase-Ethiopia silinyazwe ukuqhuma kwesibhamu, kodwa izivakashi zaseFrance beziphilile zayiswa endaweni yezivakashi zendawo, kusho isitatimende. "Basesimweni esiphephile," kusho isitatimende.
Izikhulu zase-Eritrea azitholakalanga ukuze ziphawule ngezinsolo zangoLwesithathu, kodwa zihlala ziphika ukuthi ziwela e-Ethiopia noma zeseka amavukelambuso alapho.
Ngonyaka odlule, amavukela-mbuso asendaweni ekude athumba abantu baseYurophu abahlanu nabase-Ethiopia abayisishiyagalombili ohambweni lokuhlola. Bakhulula abeLungu emasontweni amabili kamuva, futhi abaseTopiya ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbili.
I-Ethiopia iphinde yasola isitha sayo esikhulu i-Eritrea, eyalwa nayo impi yasemngceleni ka-1998-200, ngokuba ngungqondongqondo kulokho kuthumba nokweseka i-Afar Liberation Front yendawo.
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