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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Eritrea rejected a United Nations accusation that its recent movement of troops near the border with Ethiopia represented a "major breach" of a cease-fire agreement between the two countries, the country's U.N. ambassador said in a letter released Friday.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on Eritrea last week to immediately withdraw 1,500 troops and 14 tanks from a buffer zone established on the border in 2000 after Eritrea fought a 2 1/2-year war with Ethiopia.
Eritrea's U.N. Ambassador Araya Desta said in his letter to the U.N. Security Council president that the troop movement did not constitute either an "incursion" or a "major breach." He said the troops were there to help improve Eritrea's infrastructure.
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