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“Hope for peace” in Somalia

    NAIROBI

    The Ethiopian government has said it is optimistic over hopes for a lasting peace in Somalia, official Ethiopian radio said on Tuesday. The radio quoted Konjit Senegiorgis, head of the foreign ministry’s Africa department, as saying on Monday that “there is a glimmer of hope for the prevalence of a lasting peace in Somalia”. Konjit was speaking after Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin met Somali faction leaders grouped under the umbrella of the Somali Restoration and Reconciliation Council (SRRC). Mesfin was briefing the SRRC on the outcome of recent discussions in Ethiopia with the Transitional National Government (TNG). The high-level TNG delegation was led by Deputy Prime Minister Usman Jama.

    Konjit said the talks with the faction leaders were aimed at examining “ways of establishing a broad-based government in war-torn Somalia”, the radio reported.

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