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Deployment of troops will continue

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    Eritrea will resume rearranging its armed forces on 5 April so that the process of establishing a buffer zone on the contested Ethiopian-Eritrean border can continue. The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) said the Eritrean commissioner for coordination had made it clear that the decision to rearrange forces was “unconditional and would be completed shortly after 5 April”. Eritrea suspended its rearrangement of forces because of objections regarding the southern boundary of the proposed Temporary Security Zone (TSZ). The Eritrean Commissioner, Amdeberhan Giorgis said that Eritrea nevertheless “expected UNMEE to make adjustments regarding the southern boundary... to address Eritrean objections and permit the return of Eritrean displaced persons”.

    An UNMEE statement on 30 March said the commissioner announced the decision at a meeting in Asmara with UNMEE’s Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ian Martin, and UNMEE’s Force Commander Maj-Gen Patrick Cammaert.

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