# Eritrea cuts ties with Ethiopia over embassy closure

https://mins.news/en/item/83330

- France 24, 2026-10-02 10:54 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261002-eritrea-cuts-ties-with-ethiopia-over-embassy-closure

> Ethiopia ordered its embassy in Eritrea closed on Thursday and declared 10 Eritrean diplomats persona non grata. Asmara responded by severing all diplomatic ties with its neighbour, after overnight blasts in Addis Ababa raised fears that renewed conflict in northern Ethiopia could spread.

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