From: Berhane Habtemariam (Berhane.Habtemariam@gmx.de)
Date: Mon Feb 09 2009 - 13:37:28 EST
Kadhafi vows to help settle Eritrea-Ethiopia border dispute
Massawa - 09/02/2009
Ethiopia-Eritrea border dispute - Libyan Leader Muammar Kadhafi, who holds
the rotational chairmanship of the African Union (AU), has launched efforts
to settle the border dispute between Eritrea and Ethiopia.
Kadhafi told reporters on Sunday in Massawa (about 100 km east of Asmara)
that he took up the issue with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in
Addis Ababa and with Eritrean President Assias Afewerki during his visit to
Eritrea.
He said that role of the AU was to find peaceful solutions to the various
conflicts in the continent, "whether in Darfur (western Sudan) or in
Somalia".
Recalling the strong ties between Libya and Eritrea, the Libyan leader also
stressed the need for joint investment projects between the two for the
benefit of their peoples.
Meanwhile, Kadhafi arrived in Tripoli on Sunday afternoon from Eritrea,
where he had gone after attending the 12th summit of the African Union in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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