SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES STRONG SUPPORT FOR OAU CHAIRMAN'S INITIATIVE TO END FIGHTING BETWEEN ERITREA, ETHIOPIA

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SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES STRONG SUPPORT FOR OAU CHAIRMAN'S INITIATIVE TO END FIGHTING BETWEEN ERITREA, ETHIOPIA

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

The Secretary-General wishes to state his strong support for the efforts of the Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who is currently in Addis Ababa. He hopes that President Bouteflika's initiative will swiftly lead to an end to the fighting, the restoration of the status quo ante of 6 May 1998, and the resumption of a process which will bring a lasting end by peaceful means to the current dispute between Eritrea and Ethiopia.

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