Mogadishu (Sunatimes)Eritrea has on Wednesday denied media reports that it had delivered weapons in the past few days to Somalia’s Al-Shabaab rebels who are fighting Kenyan troops in the south of Somalia.

Eritrea’s foreign ministry said in a rare statement said that it has not sent any arms to Somalia and termed the accusations as pure fabrications and outright lies.

Eritrea said the accusations were based on a campaign of misinformation to undermine the country.

Eritrea’s denial comes days after a Kenyan military spokesman told Reuters News agency on Tuesday two consignments of arms had been flown into central Somalia, but declined to speculate where the cache had originated from.

Earlier this week, alleged Eritrean plane carrying weapons and other military supplies for Al-Shabaab rebel group in Somalia has reportedly landed at Baidoa airstrip on Sunday.

The alleged shipment also comes a time the militia is locked in fighting with Kenyan troops who crossed the border two weeks ago in pursuit of rebel fighters accused of abducting foreigners from Kenyan territory.

In July this year, the United Nations has accused Eritrea for government of plotting an attack on African Union summit in Ethiopia in January this year and bankrolling Al-Qaeda-inspired Al-Shabaab militia in Somalia through its embassy in Kenya.

The report by a United Nations Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea said the Red Sea state’s intelligence personnel were active in Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya and Somalia, and that the country’s actions posed a threat to security and peace in the region, Reuters news agency has reported.

Asmara has repeatedly denied any involvement in funding rebel groups in the region.