On Sunday, Ethiopian Prime Minister (PM) Abiy Ahmed met with his Sudanese Counterpart Abdalla Hamdouk, on the sidelines of the 38th IGAD extra-ordinary summit in Djibouti, according to Sputnik News agency.
"On the margins of the 38th IGAD Extra-Ordinary Summit, I met with Sudan PM Hamdouk to discuss on bilateral issues as a follow up to our last meeting in Addis Ababa," Abiy tweeted.
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It is worth mentioning that, on Saturday, Sudan decided to send more troops to its border areas adjacent to Ethiopia, according to state media reports.
They added that the Sudanese military reinforcements come days after the Sudanese army said its troops were ambushed there by Ethiopian forces.
Soldiers were deployed in the eastern Al-Fashaqa border region, the site of sporadic clashes, where Ethiopian farmers cultivate fertile land on territory claimed by Sudan.
The area also borders Ethiopia’s troubled Tigray region, where fighting broke out last month, causing over 50,000 Ethiopians fleeing the conflict to cross into Sudan in recent weeks.
Sudan’s army said troops were attacked on Tuesday evening in an “ambush by Ethiopian forces and militias inside Sudanese territories”.
Sudanese media said four soldiers were killed and 27 wounded, although the army did not confirm the reports.
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