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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council late Tuesday warned Ethiopia and Eritrea against reigniting their border war and urged Eritrea to immediately reverse its ban on all helicopter flights by U.N. peacekeepers.
In a tough statement approved by all 15 council members and read at a formal meeting, the council called on both countries "to show maximum restraint and to refrain from any threat of use of force against each other."
Council members expressed "grave concern" at Eritrea's decision to restrict all helicopter flights by U.N. peacekeepers in Eritrean airspace effective Wednesday. The ban violates Security Council resolutions calling on the country to provide access so the U.N. mission can perform its duties, the statement said.
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