Meanwhile, Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin decried the plight of populations displaced by the Ethiopia-Eritrean conflict and claimed that more than 150,000 land mines had been planted in his country. He told de Mello that this was “hindering” the return of farmers to their villages. De Mello urged Ethiopia to be “generous and grand and ... overcome doubts and reservations so as not to allow the peace process to slow down”. De Mello also visited Eritrea, where he discussed the war situation with President Isayas Afewerki.
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