# Eritrea cuts diplomatic ties with Ethiopia over embassy closure

https://mins.news/en/video/83318

- France 24 English, 2026-10-02 10:54 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z5h--N7rEI

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

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