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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council called on Eritrea Tuesday to immediately withdraw troops and tanks from a buffer zone next to Ethiopia and urged both countries to refrain from any threat or use of force.
The U.N. action came as the two neighbors traded accusations of peace-deal violations, after the U.N. said Eritrea was moving into the zone established after the Horn of Africa rivals went to war over their still-disputed border.
Hedi Annabi, the assistant secretary-general for peacekeeping, told AP after briefing the council that Eritrea's movement of 1,500 troops and 14 tanks into the area on Monday morning was "the most serious violation" of the zone since the Horn of Africa neighbors signed a peace agreement in Algiers, Algeria in December 2000.
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