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Eritrea’s Foreign Minister Othman Saleh Mohamed denied it"Reuters": "We are not part of the conflict".
Eritrea and Ethiopia signed a peace agreement two years ago, but Asasi Afewerki’s government in Asmara remained hostile to the Tigrayan leadership after its role in the devastating war that broke out between 1998 and 2000.
The ruling party in Tigray had threatened on Saturday to attack Eritrean targets.
A spokesperson for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front Party, Getachew Raza, told a local television station: "We will launch a missile attack to thwart any military movement in Asmara and Massawa.", Referring to the capital of Eritrea and the port of Massawa on the Red Sea.
The fighting has killed hundreds of people on both sides, caused thousands of civilians to flee to Sudan and raised fears that it could destabilize other regions of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa.
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The president of the Tigray region stated that his forces have fought Eritrean forces on “various fronts” in recent days, along with Ethiopian forces, which have been launching an attack on the region since November 4.
Gabramikail said his forces were fighting “16 divisions” of the Eritrean army.
But the leader of the Ethiopian region of Tigray denied that his forces had bombed the Eritrean city of Massawa, he told the “Reuters” news agency.
And 5 regional diplomats previously said that at least 3 missiles were fired at the Eritrean capital from Ethiopia on Saturday night, and 3 diplomats confirmed that at least two missiles hit the Asmara airport.
The Tigrayan leader said last Tuesday that Eritrea had sent its forces across the border to support Ethiopian government forces, but did not provide evidence.
Eritrea’s Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Muhammad denied this, telling “Reuters”: “We are not party to the conflict.”
Eritrea and Ethiopia signed a peace agreement two years ago, but Asasi Afewerki’s government in Asmara remained hostile to the Tigrayan leadership after its role in the devastating war that broke out between 1998 and 2000.
The ruling party in Tigray had threatened on Saturday to attack Eritrean targets.
“We will launch a missile attack to thwart any military action in Asmara and Massawa,” Getacio Rida, spokesman for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray, told a local television channel, referring to the Eritrean capital and the port of Massawa in the Red Sea.
The fighting has killed hundreds of people on both sides, caused thousands of civilians to flee to Sudan and raised fears that it could destabilize other regions of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa.
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