The head of the United Nations has praised a peace deal to end a 20-year standoff between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Antonio Guterres pledged UN support for the pact.

And he's signalled the possibility that long-term UN sanctions against Eritrea could be lifted.

Al Jazeera's Mereana Hond reports.

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