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Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of hijacking helicopter
Ahmed Abdullah Tuesday, December 23, 2014
ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia on Monday accused what it described as the
"agents" of the regime in Eritrea of hijacking an Ethiopian
helicopter.
The Ethiopian Defense Ministry said in a statement that an Ethiopian
helicopter – that has disappeared since Friday – was forced to land in
neighboring Eritrea.
It said the helicopter was on a training mission when the Ethiopian
pilot forced a trainee and a technician on board to head to Eritrea.
"The agents of the Eritrean regime had carried out the helicopter
hijacking," the Ethiopian Defense Ministry added in the statement.
It denounced what it called the "enemies of peace and democracy",
probably in reference to the ruling regime in Eritrea.
It said "anti-peace" groups would not be able to impede development,
peace and democracy in Ethiopia.
The Anadolu Agency could not immediately obtain comments from the
Eritrean government on the accusations of the Ethiopian Defense
Ministry.
Ethiopia and Eritrea have been on no-peace, no-war terms since 2000
when the war between the two African states came to an end over a
border triangle.
The war left thousands of people dead on both sides.
The two sides have also been trading accusations of supporting
internal opposition since the end of the war.
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