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Religious leaders urge peace

    NAIROBI

    Religious leaders from the two countries have in the meantime urged both governments to respect the ceasefire. According to Ethiopia’s semi-official Walta Information Centre, Orthodox Christian leaders issued a joint statement after a five-day meeting in Oslo, Norway, saying both governments also had to “continue their search for a comprehensive and lasting settlement”.

    Patriarch Abune Paulos, of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, said in a statement on his return home from the conference at the weekend that the international community too had to “step up its support for the rehabilitation” of people affected by the war.

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