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OAU peace team expected in Eritrea

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    An OAU team was due to arrive in Asmara today to discuss with the Eritrean government the modalities for implementing the OAU plan for resolving the Ethiopia/Eritrea border dispute. The team was in Addis Ababa on Monday for similar discussions with the Ethiopian government. Eritrea formally accepted the OAU peace plan on Saturday, while Ethiopia had accepted it earlier.
    Asmara, however, maintains that the Ethiopian government has a “hidden agenda” since it has not yet indicated its “formal acceptance” of a ceasefire. “The fact that there is a ceasefire does not mean war cannot erupt. Ethiopia has a shifty agenda. They talk about Assab, the border dispute, and now they say they cannot live in peace unless the Eritrean government is overthrown,” Eritrean government spokesman Yemane Ghebre Meskel told IRIN yesterday.

    The OAU agreement calls for a ceasefire, the demilitarisation of the border, the deployment of international peacekeepers and the neutral delineation of the disputed border.

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