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Za mene je sve ovo i bilo ocekivano vec odavno, no svejedno je ruzno i zalosno vidjeti da se takvo sto ipak dogadja. Nadam se da ce se za ovih deset dana ipak naci neko rjesenje.
Neka im Bog pomogne i nekim cudom promjeni sve sto se trenutno dolje desava.
Moji prijatelji koji su dolje jos uvijek i nisu toliko zabrinuti a nadam se da nece biti u opasnosti, al svejedno kazu da situacija nije bila nikada ruznija.
Eritrea orders Western UN troops out: diplomats By Ed Harris
Wed Dec 7, 1:16 PM ET
Eritrea has ordered U.N. troops and civilians from Western countries to leave within 10 days, a move that will make the U.N.'s observation of the tense border with Ethiopia impossible, diplomats said on Wednesday.
Tensions along the Ethiopia-Eritrea border have grown in recent weeks with military maneuvers on both sides of the unmarked 1,000 km (620 mile) frontier between the Horn of Africa neighbors raising fears of a repeat of their 1998-2000 war.
Diplomats said they had received no explanation for Asmara's move but suggested it was a sign of its growing frustration with the United Nations over the world body's handling of its border dispute with Ethiopia.
A spokesman for Ethiopia's Information Ministry described the development as unhelpful and said it would not help to defuse the "border crisis."
Britain called on the government to reverse its decision immediately, saying it would only increase tensions between the neighbors. It said the issue would be discussed by European Union foreign ministers on December 12.
"The Government of Eritrea has decided to ask UNMEE members from USA, Canada, Europe, including the Russian Federation, to leave the country within 10 days," one of the diplomats said, referring to the U.N. Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE).
UNMEE spokeswoman Gail Bindley-Taylor-Sainte confirmed the move but did not name the countries involved.
"UNMEE confirms that certain nationalities within the U.N. mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea have been asked to leave the mission area within 10 days," she told Reuters in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
Eritrean Information Minister Ali Abdu declined to comment.
Diplomats in Asmara said the latest order would affect about 90 out of 230 military observers, plus administrative and logistical staff based in the Eritrean capital.
Other countries that have contributed military observers to UNMEE include Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, China and India.
"Ethiopia considers Eritrea's decision to expel certain nationals serving under the UN mission is unhelpful to the efforts being exerted to end the border crisis," said an Ethiopian Information Ministry spokesman, who declined to be named.
Peacekeepers' movements have been restricted since October 5 when Eritrea banned U.N. helicopter flights and other activities. About 60 percent of peacekeepers withdrew, saying they were unable to do their work.
"With the helicopter ban which restricted the peacekeeping operations, this new measure makes the observation part impossible," the diplomat said.
FRUSTRATION
Diplomats said the Eritrean official responsible for liaising with UNMEE, Colonel Zecarias Ogbagaber, delivered a letter to the senior UNMEE official in Eritrea on Tuesday. UNMEE's Deputy Head Joel Adechi then briefed the U.S. and European ambassadors.
The U.N. Security Council is due to meet on Wednesday to discuss the latest moves and a statement is expected later.
Eritrea was angered last month by a U.N. Security Council resolution that threatened it and Ethiopia with sanctions if they failed to withdraw their forces from the border.
The same resolution called on Eritrea to lift its flight ban and expressed "grave concern" that Ethiopia has failed to fully accept the ruling of an independent commission on the border.
But it did not threaten Ethiopia with punishment for non-demarcation of the border.
Under a 2000 peace deal, both sides agreed to accept the commission's decision on the location of the frontier as final and binding. But Addis Ababa balked when the flashpoint town of Badme was awarded to Eritrea, and the peace process has been stalled ever since.
Post je objavljen 08.12.2005. u 12:33 sati.