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Annan meets Ethiopian and Eritrean leaders

    NAIROBI

    UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan held separate meetings with Eritrean President Isayas Afewerki and Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi last Friday.

    Both leaders told Annan that the cessation of hostilities agreeement between Ethiopia and Eritrea had been holding since it was signed in June this year and that the situation on the ground was calm, according to an account of the meeting issued by the office of the UN Secretary-General’s spokesman. Both leaders had also asked for the UN mission to be deployed swiftly.

    According to the spokesman’s office, the UN is planning to deploy 23 military observers in Asmara and an equal number in Addis Ababa this week in conformity with the Security Council resolution authorising the deployment of up to 100 military observers. In the course of the discussions, reference was also made to a proposal by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to include a human rights component in the mission.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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