Ethiopia PM to mediate in the Chad-Sudan tension

Jan 2, 2005 (KHARTOUM) — The Ethiopian prime minister, Meles Zenawi, has announced that he will be making efforts for the sake of finding a peaceful solution to the current tension between Sudan and Chad.

According to the pro-Sudanese ruling party SMC, Zenawi stressed that conflict would not bring about positive results.

The Chadian foreign minister, Ahmat Allam, handed over a message to Zenawi from the Chadian president, Idriss Deby, the day before yesterday.

Following his meeting with Zenawi, Allam told the press that Ethiopia was determined to find a peaceful solution to the current border tensions between his country and Sudan.

He further said that his mission to Addis Ababa was to ask the government and people of Ethiopia, as friends of Chad and Sudan, to find a solution to the tensions.

(ST)