Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Ethiopia’s drive to bring peace, stability in Horn deserves encouragement: French Ambassador




Addis Ababa, July 29 - The efforts Ethiopia has been exerting to bring about peace and stability in the Horn of Africa is a useful experience to other countries, the French Ambassador to Ethiopia said. Ambassador Stephan Gompertz told WIC that the ongoing efforts of Ethiopia to establish relations based on mutual benefits with neighboring countries so as to bring stability in the region should be encouraged. The ambassador, who noted that Ethiopia has strong and good relations with its neighbors, pointed out that the effort it has been exerting to bring peace in North and South Sudan is admirable. The country’s willingness to send peace keeping force to Darfur as it did to other African countries is an indication of its commitment for peace, he stressed. Ethiopia has been paying sacrifices to bring peace and stability in Somalia, Ambassador Gompertz said, adding that the cooperative spirit of the country and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) testifies to this. The cease fire agreement reached between the TFG and opposition forces should be consolidated, he underlined , further urging the world community to assist the good works of Ethiopia in bringing about peace and stability in the Horn.

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