SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO ERITREA,YEMEN TO SETTLE ISLAND DISPUTE PEACEFULLY

18 December 1995

Press Release
SG/SM/5855

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO ERITREA,YEMEN TO SETTLE ISLAND DISPUTE PEACEFULLY

19951218 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

The Secretary-General has been following with concern reports of clashes over the weekend between forces of the State of Eritrea and the Republic of Yemen concerning some disputed islands in the Red Sea's Bab al-Mandab channel. He is encouraged by reports that the two sides have agreed to end hostilities immediately and to establish a mechanism to monitor a cease-fire agreement. He appeals to the two sides to settle their dispute peacefully through diplomatic negotiations. The Secretary-General stands ready to offer his good offices in the efforts to resolve the dispute peacefully.

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