SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO VISIT ERITREA, ETHIOPIA 1-6 FEBRUARY

29 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6879
AFR/129

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO VISIT ERITREA, ETHIOPIA 1-6 FEBRUARY

19990129 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

On 15 January, it was announced that the Secretary-General had decided to send his Special Envoy, Mohamed Sahnoun, to Eritrea and Ethiopia. It was also indicated that the dates of Ambassador Sahnoun's visit would be announced later. Following consultations with the parties and others concerned, Ambassador Sahnoun will be visiting Asmara, Eritrea and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 1 to 6 February, returning to New York thereafter.

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