Moussa receives Eriterian foreign minister
Egypt-Eritrea, Politics, 5/20/1999

Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa met with Eritrean Foreign Minister Haile Weldensae who has just arrived in Cairo, coming from Libya, for a two-day visit to Egypt.

Following the discussions, the Eritrean minister said he has reviewed his country's stand concerning its commitment to the pact of the Organization of African Unity and the proposed plan to carry out this pact to stop the border fighting between Eritrea and Ethiopia as well as its abidance to the ceasefire as well as to showing flexibility towards the withdrawal of military forces from some regions according to the O.A.U. initiative.

Concerning a specified schedule for beginning the endeavors to end the dispute between Eritrea and Ethiopia, Weldensae said that for two months Eritrea has announced its concern with carrying out the suggested plan of the OAU.

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