UN team in Ethiopia, Eritrea

A UN team started its talks in Ethiopia on Wednesday concerning the plan aims at redeploying the UN peace keeping forces along the Ethiopian- Eritrean borders.

The spokesman for the Ethiopian foreign ministry told the press in Addis Ababa that the team which includes five members and was delegated by the UN chief Kofi Annan, includes military, political and humanitarian experts and is headed by Maj. Gen. Timothy Ford from Australia.

The spokesman added that this team which arrived in Ethiopia on Tuesday held a meeting with Lt. Gen. Tasdakan Geber Tesnai, the Ethiopian army chief of staff and will meet with the Ethiopian foreign minister Seyoum Mesfin before they will head to Asmara today ( Thursday).

Worthy mentioning the peace agreement signed between Ethiopia and Eritrea in June in Algiers calls for redeployment of UN forces in order to guard a neutral area between the two countries of 25 Km. The peace agreement did not specify a schedule for deploying this force.