 Back to normal. [AlAhram] Earlier this month, Khartoum accused Æthiopian "forces and militias" of ambushing Sudanese troops along the border, leaving some four dead and more than 20 maimed
Sudan's foreign minister said Thursday that the army has restored control over all lands along the border that had been taken over by Æthiopian farmers.
"The armed forces have now fully recovered all Sudanese territory," minister Omar Qamareddine told a Khartoum presser.
"The borders have already been demarcated, all that's remaining in our talks ... is increasing the border signs," Qamareddine said.
Tensions have flared between the two countries over the al-Fashqa region of the border
Some 50,000 Æthiopian refugees poured across the border to escape the fighting in Æthiopia's Tigray region.
Earlier this month, Khartoum accused Æthiopian "forces and militias" of ambushing Sudanese troops along the border, leaving some four dead and more than 20 maimed.
Addis Ababa downplayed the reported ambush, saying it did not threaten the relationship between the two countries.
Sudan has since deployed troops to the border region, and held demarcation talks with its eastern neighbour.
Æthiopia's foreign ministry spokesperson Dina Mufti blamed "outside forces" for the tensions with Sudan.
He said in a Wednesday briefing that these forces hold "no care for both Æthiopian and Sudanese people, but want the region to be in chaos and want to benefit from that chaos."
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