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Call to stop Ethiopia’s “war preparations”

    NAIROBI

    For his part, Eritrean Foreign Minister Haile Weldensae told the General Assembly his country would fight to “safeguard its sovereignty and dignity”. “Once again war clouds are looming ominously over our region,” he said. “By its shrill war hysteria, the government of Ethiopia is making it clear that it is poised to invade our country yet another time.” “Eritrea believes that this Assembly has the duty to uphold the decision of the OAU which was recently endorsed by the UN Security Council, and calls upon it to denounce Ethiopia’s renewed preparation for war against Eritrea,” he said.

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