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Ethiopia on Monday accused what it described as the “agents” of the regime in Eritrea of hijacking an Ethiopian helicopter.<\/p>\n
The Ethiopian Defense Ministry said in a statement that an Ethiopian helicopter \u2013 that has disappeared since Friday \u2013 was forced to land in neighboring Eritrea.<\/p>\n
It said the helicopter was on a training mission when the Ethiopian pilot forced a trainee and a technician on board to head to Eritrea.<\/p>\n
“The agents of the Eritrean regime had carried out the helicopter hijacking,” the Ethiopian Defense Ministry added in the statement.<\/p>\n
It denounced what it called the “enemies of peace and democracy”, probably in reference to the ruling regime in Eritrea.<\/p>\n
It said “anti-peace” groups would not be able to impede development, peace and democracy in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n
The Anadolu Agency could not immediately obtain comments from the Eritrean government on the accusations of the Ethiopian Defense Ministry.<\/p>\n
Ethiopia and Eritrea have been on no-peace, no-war terms since 2000 when the war between the two African states came to an end over a border triangle.<\/p>\n
The war left thousands of people dead on both sides.<\/p>\n
The two sides have also been trading accusations of supporting internal opposition since the end of the war.<\/p>\n
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