厄立特里亚要求联合国采取“威慑措施”，因为它称埃塞俄比亚在提格雷地区冲突中发表了“宣战声明”。
Eritrea has asked the United Nations to take “deterrent measures” after what it called Ethiopia’s “declaration of war” in the conflict over the Tigray region.
厄立特里亚的请求是在亚的斯亚贝巴向安理会发出的一封信之后一天提出的，该信指责阿斯马拉发动了“全面入侵”，称厄立特里亚军队已深入埃塞俄比亚提格雷地区60公里（37英里）。
Eritrea’s request comes a day after Addis Ababa, in a letter to the Security Council, accused Asmara of launching an “all-out invasion”, saying Eritrean troops had advanced up to 60 kilometres (37 miles) into Ethiopia’s Tigray.
厄立特里亚外交部长奥斯曼·萨利赫在周六向安理会发出的一封单独信件中表示，关于厄立特里亚入侵的指控是埃塞俄比亚为证明其发动侵略战争而制定的计划的一部分，并敦促联合国介入，援引《联合国宪章》第七章，该条款允许从制裁到军事行动的各种措施。
In a separate letter to the council on Saturday, Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh said the claims of an Eritrean incursion were part of an Ethiopian plan to justify a war of aggression and urged the UN to intervene, invoking Chapter VII of the UN Charter, which allows measures from sanctions to military action.
这两个邻国互相指责对方在提格雷地区发动战争，埃塞俄比亚称厄立特里亚正在支持叛军。
The neighbouring countries have accused each other of starting a war over Tigray, where Ethiopia says Eritrea is backing rebels.
上个月，七个武装团体的联盟在北部地区对埃塞俄比亚联邦军队发动了攻击，企图推翻总理阿比·艾哈迈德的政府。
An alliance of seven armed groups launched attacks against federal Ethiopian forces in the northern region last month, as they attempt to overthrow Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government.
厄立特里亚军队此后据称已进入埃塞俄比亚领土，亚的斯亚贝巴指责阿斯马拉支持提格雷人民解放阵线（TPLF）。
Eritrean forces have since reportedly intruded into Ethiopian territory, with Addis Ababa accusing Asmara of backing the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).
埃塞俄比亚军队本周将TPLF叛军击退并夺取了该地区首府麦克尔勒。它还表示，已在该地区对厄立特里亚军队发动了无人机袭击。
The Ethiopian army pushed TPLF rebels back this week and seized the region’s capital, Mekelle. It also said it launched drone strikes against Eritrean troops in the region.
“厄立特里亚要求联合国安理会强烈谴责埃塞俄比亚对厄立特里亚的可耻宣战声明……并采取必要的威慑措施，”厄立特里亚的萨利赫在周六的信中表示。
“Eritrea requests the UN Security Council to forcefully condemn Ethiopia’s deplorable declaration of war against Eritrea … and take the requisite deterrent measures,” Eritrea’s Saleh said in the letter on Saturday.
他说，埃塞俄比亚的行动将导致“两国人民遭受巨大破坏，并使整个地区陷入不稳定”。
He said Ethiopia’s action would cause “huge devastation to the peoples of both countries and destabilise the whole region”.
埃塞俄比亚外交部长格迪恩·蒂莫特沃斯在周五指责厄立特里亚“公然实施侵略行为，触发了埃塞俄比亚固有的自卫权”。
Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos on Friday accused Eritrea of “a blatant act of aggression that engages Ethiopia’s inherent right to self-defence”.
蒂莫特沃斯援引《联合国宪章》第51条，主张埃塞俄比亚拥有自卫权，但他并未具体说明该国正在采取何种措施。
Timothewos invoked Ethiopia’s right to self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter, but he did not specify what measures the country was taking.
非洲之角问题专家费萨尔·罗布尔认为，双方都在“为公开冲突的最后阶段做准备”。
Faisal Roble, a Horn of Africa specialist, believes both sides are “preparing for the last phase of an open conflict”.
“毫无疑问，他们正一步步走向公开冲突，”他在肯尼亚首都内罗毕接受半岛电视台采访时表示。
“There is really no doubt that both of them are inching towards an open conflict,” he told Al Jazeera from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
“无论他们向联合国写什么，这都只是姿态作秀，旨在确保他们能获得某种形式的国际支持，”这位分析员补充道。“欺骗性的尝试”在他的信中，萨利赫称埃塞俄比亚的行为是“欺骗性的尝试，试图为其公然的战争行为辩护”，并声称这些行为“在实质上是空洞的”。
“Whatever they write to the United Nations, it is just posturing and making sure that they have some sort of international support on their side,” the analyst added. ‘Deceitful attempts’In his letter, Saleh called Ethiopia’s actions “deceitful attempts to rationalise its brazen acts of war”, claiming that they were “hollow in substance”.
厄立特里亚信息部长亚马内·格布雷梅斯克尔周五指责埃塞俄比亚通过其对红海主权通行权的要求，正在对厄立特里亚实施侵略。他在X平台上发表声明，但未明确确认或否认有关部队越境的报道。
Eritrean Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel accused Ethiopia on Friday of pursuing aggression against Eritrea through its demands for sovereign access to the Red Sea. Writing on X, he did not explicitly confirm or deny the reported troop crossings.
埃塞俄比亚总理阿比伊周一重申，埃塞俄比亚必须获得通往红海的通道。
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy reiterated on Monday that Ethiopia must have access to the Red Sea.
厄立特里亚于1993年从埃塞俄比亚独立，随后双方在1998年至2000年期间爆发了一场致命的边境战争。
Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993, and they fought a deadly border war from 1998 to 2000.
阿比伊于2018年上台后，两国关系曾有所改善，但近年来关系再度恶化。
Relations improved after Abiy came to power in 2018, but have soured again in recent years.
作为内陆国家，埃塞俄比亚一再坚称其拥有直接通往大海的权利，而厄立特里亚则将此视为威胁，认为埃塞俄比亚可能入侵并夺取其亚萨布港。
Landlocked Ethiopia has repeatedly insisted that it has a right to direct sea access, which Eritrea interprets as a threat to invade and seize its port at Assab.
提格雷人民解放阵线（TPLF）战士曾在2020年至2022年的毁灭性战争中与埃塞俄比亚政府军作战，当时政府军曾得到厄立特里亚的支持。
TPLF fighters battled Ethiopian government forces, then backed by Eritrea, in a devastating 2020-2022 war.