UN Peacekeepers Complete Prep for Relocation From Eritrea

03 March 2008 (Highlight of UN noon briefing)

The UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) says that it has completed the regrouping of UN peacekeepers and their equipment in Asmara this past weekend.

The Mission says it closed its two last posts in the Barentu area.

All UN peacekeepers have now left the Temporary Security Zone and are in the Eritrean capital, with the exception of 112 military personnel who are awaiting further instructions in Assab.

UN military personnel in Ethiopia have not been affected by this relocation.

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