Ethiopia: Relations With Ethiopia 'Set to Improve'

The Transitional National Government (TNG) of Somalia said talks with Ethiopia had been positive and meaningful. Deputy Prime Minister Usman Jama, who led the TNG delegation, told IRIN the talks had "opened up a new chapter" in relations between the two Horn of Africa neighbours. He said Ethiopia had agreed to perform "a positive role in the Somali reconciliation process". The TNG welcomed the assistance of all parties interested in "moving forward the reconciliation process" in Somalia, Usman Jama said. Improved relations between Somalia and Ethiopia would lead to a more "stable and peaceful" region, he added.

Usman Jama said a high-level Ethiopian government delegation would visit Mogadishu "within the next two weeks", to resume the dialogue started in Addis Ababa.

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