ethiopia: Border Commission Accused of "Belittling" Calls for Change

Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin has accused the independent Boundary Commission of "belittling" Ethiopia's calls for changes to the new border with Eritrea. "No-one expects the government of Ethiopia to accept these mistakes committed by the Commission," he said in a statement written in Amharic. A foreign ministry translation was received by IRIN on Wednesday.