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Sudan has accused Ethiopia of an \u201cunforgivable insult\u201d in its sharpest statement yet since a decades-old border dispute flared late last year.<\/p>\n
Clashes erupted between Sudanese and Ethiopian forces over Al-Fashqa, an area of fertile land settled by Ethiopian farmers that Sudan says lies on its side of a border demarcated at the start of the 20th century, which Ethiopia rejects.<\/p>\n
In a statement on Thursday, Ethiopia\u2019s foreign ministry said it believes \u201cthe conflict being trumpeted by the Sudanese government\u2019s military wing could only serve the interests of a third party at the expense of the Sudanese people\u201d.<\/p>\n
Sudan\u2019s foreign ministry responded on Saturday by saying \u201cslander towards Sudan and accusation of being an agent for other parties is a grave and unforgivable insult\u201d.<\/p>\n
It added: \u201cWhat the Ethiopian foreign ministry cannot deny is the third party whose troops entered with Ethiopian troops trespassing on Sudanese land.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, Sudan accused Ethiopian troops of crossing the border after a similar act by Ethiopian aircraft last month, both of which Ethiopia denied.<\/p>\n
Ethiopia on Thursday reiterated its accusation that Sudan had invaded in early November, attacked and displaced Ethiopians and took control of vacated military camps.<\/p>\n
In its statement, Sudan said Ethiopia had affirmed the 1903 border agreement several times, most recently in 2013.<\/p>\n
It accused Ethiopia\u2019s foreign ministry of \u201cexploiting [the border issue] for personal interests and for the specific interests of a certain group\u201d.<\/p>\n
Both countries called on each other to pursue legal means to resolve the border issues.<\/p>\n
An African Union mediator arrived in Khartoum on Thursday to discuss the conflict, as well as the continuing negotiations between Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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