Ethiopia vowed to launch a joint investigation with Saudi Arabian authorities into a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing the kingdom's border guards of killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
"The Government of Ethiopia will promptly investigate the incident in tandem with the Saudi authorities," the ministry said on X—formerly known as Twitter—a day after the publication of the HRW report.
In a 73-page report released on Monday, Human Rights Watch accused Saudi guards stationed on the border with Yemen of "widespread and systematic" attacks on migrants using remote mountain trails to cross the border on foot.
HRW said the guards used explosive weapons to kill some migrants and shot at others from close range.
Last year, UN experts reported "concerning allegations" that "cross-border artillery shelling and small-arms fire by Saudi Arabia security forces killed approximately 430 migrants" in southern Saudi Arabia and northern Yemen during the first four months of 2022.
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