KHARTOUM, 18 February, 2021 (TON): As the tensions between the two countries run high over the border and the Blue Nile dam, Sudan recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia, said the foreign ministry on Wednesday.

The foreign ministry spokesman Mansour Boulad told the media, "Sudan has recalled its ambassador to Addis Ababa for consultations over Sudanese-Ethiopian relations."

The two countries have been accusing each other of trading and territorial violence in the area.

Khartoum's move comes amid rising tensions with Addis Ababa over the Al-Fashaqa border region, where Ethiopian farmers cultivate fertile land claimed by Sudan.

On Sunday, Khartoum claimed that Ethiopia had allowed its troops to enter Sudanese territory in an act of "aggression" and "regrettable escalation".

Similarly, Ethiopia alleged that Sudanese forces were pushing further into the border region last month.

The fighting sent some 60,000 Ethiopian refugees fleeing into Sudan.

Al-Fashaqa, borders Ethiopia's troubled Tigray region where deadly conflict erupted in November between Ethiopia's federal and Tigray's regional forces has been a center of the row.

However, this time is crucial for the tensions to arise as the two countries along with Egypt are in talks over the massive Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River.