Military Update (19:00 hrs. LT)
Ethiopia Continues Its War of Invasion

Ethiopia launched intermittent attacks on Eritrea's new positions along the entire Alitiena-Mereb front the whole day today. All the attacks were repulsed though details on enemy casualties were not available at press time.

These attacks continued in spite of Eritrea's acceptance of the OAU seven-point communiqu=E9 and its announcement yesterday of commencing redeployment (as of 0:00 hrs on May 25) in accordance with provisions of the OAU proposal.

The attacks have occurred as the President of Algeria and current Chairman of the OAU, H.E. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, visited Asmara.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Asmara, 25 May 2000