Sudan Demands UN Replace Ethiopian Troops in UNISFA Mission

Khartoum / Abyei — Sudan has demanded that the United Nations to replace the Ethiopian soldiers deployed in the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) in the disputed Abyei* region on the Sudan-South Sudan border with other soldiers, because "it is not reasonable to have Ethiopian forces in the strategic depth of Sudan at a time when the Ethiopian forces are gathering on the eastern borders of Sudan," Minister of Foreign Affairs Maryam El Sadig El Mahdi has confirmed.

Speaking to reporters in Khartoum, El Mahdi affirmed that "Ethiopia has shown unacceptable intransigence in the Renaissance Dam negotiations and that its decision to fill the Renaissance Dam again is contrary to international law."

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