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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council insisted Thursday that Eritrea fully cooperate in the temporary relocation of U.N. peacekeepers based in the country who had been monitoring the tense border with Ethiopia.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ordered the temporary redeployment on Feb. 11 after Eritrea restricted fuel supplies to the U.N. force and its food supplies were briefly halted. The moves exacerbated longstanding tensions between the U.N. and Eritrea over monitoring the disputed border.
Eritrea's U.N. Ambassador Araya Desta insisted Thursday that his government was "cooperating fully" with the U.N. force — and told reporters "we are cooperating now in the withdrawal of the troops."
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