Ethiopia rejects border plan

A PEACE plan aimed at resolving a border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea remains stalled.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi yesterday reasserted Ethiopia’s rejection of a new border drawn up by an independent boundary commission, calling it “unjust and illegal” and suggested it could not be implemented without destabilising the country.

Eritrea has called for sanctions to force Ethiopia to accept the decision, which was supposed to be “final and binding” under the terms of a peace deal that ended a 1998-2000 border conflict that killed about 70,000 people.