Reconciliation attempt between Makadishu government and its opposition

Leaders of the Somali groups opposition to the government of the provisional President Abd Salad Hassan have started to arrive in Addis Ababa to make talks with high ranking Ethiopian officials concerning developments.

The secretary general of the council of the Somali national reconciliation council Soleid Maan Muhammad, whose foundation was declared by the end of March said the visit of members of the council comes at an official invitation from the Ethiopian government in order to hold talks aiming at completing the Ethiopian efforts in the process of the Somali reconciliation.

Maan said that the Kenyan President Danial Arab Moi will also make a reconciliation between members of the council and the provisional government in Nairobi on the fifth of July. Addis Ababa's talks will center on the results of talks held between the Ethiopian officials and the provisional government delegation of last week.