Sudan, Yemen, Ethiopia for toppling Eritrea's regime
Sudan-Eritrea, Politics, 11/4/2002

Well-informed press sources in Sudan have stated that the recent summit meeting in Sanaa held between the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the Ethiopian prime minister Malas Zenawi had resulted in an initial agreement to take all measures including military measures, if necessary, to topple the regime of Asyas Afourki in Eritrea.

The sources indicated that a secret meeting was held in the Ethiopian government by the end of October between the armies chiefs of staffs in the three countries to discuss this issue, and it was agreed during that meeting to arm the Eritrean opposition and open the border for its members in Sudan and Ethiopia, and to support this opposition militarily and logistically, when necessary.

The sources added that another meeting started on October 30 between heads of intelligence departments in Sudan, Ethiopia and Yemen in order to draw necessary plans against the Eritrean regime and this meeting is still ongoing.

The press sources reiterated that a meeting for the foreign ministers of the three countries will be also held in Khartoum in order to maintain coordination between them politically and diplomatically against the regime of President Asyas Afourki.

Worthy mentioning that the delegation o Eritrea's opposition which includes 13 factions led by Abdullah Idris Muhammad and his deputy is visiting Khartoum at the meantime. The delegation is meetings with Sudanese officials.

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