Monday, June 2, 2008

Somalia opposition digs in heels at UN peace talks

Louis Charbonneau, ReutersPublished: Monday, June 02, 2008
DJIBOUTI - Somalia's government said it hoped for a peace agreement with the opposition at U.N. talks that began on Monday, but the opposition said the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia would have to be settled first.
Somalia's Information Minister Ahmed Abdisalan said an agreement at U.N.-brokered talks in Djibouti would directly improve the security situation, despite the absence from the talks of al-Shabaab Islamist militants and some factions of the opposition Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS). more..http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=7aa79e13-f4fa-4fb9-93d3-bd521295f06f

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