(Pana) ABUJA — Ethiopia’s tribal dictatorship on Tuesday asked Nigeria to deploy a contingent of its troops for ‘peace-keeping mission’ the border with Eritrea.
Making the request when he paid a courtesy call on Nigeria’s Minister of State for Defence, Mrs. Fidelia Akuabata Njeze, Ethiopian Woyanne Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Suleiman Dedefo Woshe, said the deployment of troops to the border of the two countries would prevent the situation in the disputed area “from degenerating into a full scale war”.
Woshe also solicited for Nigeria’s assistance for peace sustenance between Ethiopia Woyanne and the Eritrea.
He told Njeze that Eritrea, which shares a common border with Ethiopia, had violated the peace accord signed by the two countries.
Ethiopia Woyanne, Dedefo said, had restrained itself from retaliation to avoid full-scale war between the two countries, adding that war was never a solution to such situations.
Responding, Njeze described Dedefo’s visit as meaningful, saying Nigeria and Ethiopia had a good history of long-standing relationship in their peace-keeping efforts in Africa and beyond.
According to her, Nigeria has peace as its primary mission and will work to ensure the two countries live in peace.
She said peace in the African Region was of primary importance to the present Nigerian administration.
Nigeria, she added, would work towards signing a Memorandum of Understanding bet ween Ethiopia and Nigeria, to cement the existing relationship between the two countries.