Ethiopia, Eritrea ignore calls for peace

From: New Pittsburgh Courier | Date: February 13, 1999 | Copyright information

Ethiopia, Eritrea ignore calls for peace

ETHIOPIA--Ethiopia and Eritrea refused to yield to international pressure for an immediate end to their violent border war, and the U.S. government urged its citizens to leave both countries.

Fighting along the frontier has eased over the last two days but neither side has given any indication of being ready to compromise or pull back troops; further battles are expected.

"We feel there is a real prospect for continued fighting," U.S. Ambassador William Clarke told Reuters in the Eritrean capital of Asmara.

He said the U.S. government had already ...

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