BRUSSELS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Somalia's prime minister said on Tuesday his government was ready to start talks with opponents aimed at ending 17 years of violence.
But Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein said the withdrawal of Ethiopian peacekeepers could not be a precondition for talks, rejecting a proposal from Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, exiled leader of Somalia's opposition Islamists.
"From now on we are planning to elaborate a strategy of conciliation that will be all-inclusive," Hussein told Reuters in an interview during a trip to Brussels. dig more http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL12105599.html
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