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Victory statements and accusations continue during talks

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    Ethiopia and Eritrea are trading accusations of fighting as talks continue in Algeria. Eritrea accused Ethiopia of launching attacks on the Assab front, the latest on Wednesday morning. A statement by the Eritrean Foreign Ministry claimed the attack had been repulsed, and called the fighting at Assab "a flagrant violation of the OAU agreement" as Eritrea had withdrawn two weeks ago according to the requirements of the peace plan.

    Eritrean is also claiming a "major defeat" of Ethiopian troops in
    Tesseney on Monday, and say "most of the western towns that were occupied in the early days of Ethiopia's invasion" had been liberated, including Barentu, Haikota, Tesseney, Guluj and Tokombia. The Ethiopian government said Eritrea had "incited hostilities" at the Assab/Bure front and that there had been intense fighting during Tuesday night, but that Ethiopia
    had "thrashed" Eritrean troops.

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