Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki. File
| Photograph Credit score: Reuters
Eritrea on Monday (February 9, 2026) rejected accusations by Ethiopia that it was accountable for navy aggression and was backing armed teams inside Ethiopian territory as “false and fabricated”, calling the claims a part of a hostile marketing campaign by Addis Ababa.
Ethiopia’s International Minister had accused neighbouring Eritrea over the weekend of navy aggression and of supporting armed teams inside Ethiopian territory, the place latest clashes between Tigrayan forces and Ethiopian troops have raised fears of a return to battle.
“The patently false and fabricated accusations towards Eritrea issued by Ethiopia’s International Minister yesterday is astounding in its tone and substance, underlying motivation, and overarching goal,” the Ministry of Data stated in an announcement.
“Sadly, it constitutes one more deplorable act in a sample and spiral of hostile campaigns towards Eritrea for greater than two years now,” the Ministry stated, including that it did not need to exacerbate the state of affairs.
The 2 longstanding foes waged battle towards every different between 1998 and 2000, signing a peace deal in 2018.
They have been allies throughout Ethiopia’s two-year battle towards regional authorities within the northern Tigray area, however relations between the 2 nations have plunged into acrimony since then.
The February 7 letter from Ethiopia’s International Minister Gedion Timothewos to his Eritrean counterpart, Osman Saleh, stated Eritrean forces had occupied Ethiopian territory alongside elements of their shared border for an prolonged interval and had offered materials help to militant teams working inside Ethiopia.
Eritrea has bristled at repeated public declarations by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed that landlocked Ethiopia has a proper to sea entry — feedback many in Eritrea, which lies on the Purple Sea, view as an implicit menace of navy motion.
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