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Ethiopia Calls On UN to Take Action Against Eritrea

The Reporter (Addis Ababa)
NEWS
April 28, 2007
Posted to the web April 28, 2007
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia blamed longtime enemy Eritrea Wednesday for an attack on a
Chineseowned oil exploration field that killed 74 people, escalating the
dangerous brinkmanship between the neighboring countries.
Gunmen wearing Eritrean military uniforms attacked the oil field in Ethiopia's
remote Somali region killing nine Chinese and 65 local workers, officials here
told the media. Eritrea denied the claims.
At least six Chinese workers and a number of Ethiopians were also taken hostage
during Tuesday's dawn attack, for which the rebel Ogaden National Liberation
Front had claimed responsibility.
The secessionist group is formed from Ethiopia's minority Somalis and has had
combatants fighting alongside Muslim insurgents in Somalia.
"Hand-in-glove with the Eritrean Government, which hates to see Ethiopia's
development, the terrorist forces in the region have acted out this horrendous
act of terror," said Wednesday's statement posted on Ethiopia's foreign
ministry web site.
It called on the United Nations to take action against Eritrea. Eritrean
Information Minister Ali Abdu dismissed what he called "a habitual nonsense
statement" from Ethiopia.


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