Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi received and held talks with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Africa, Vicki Huddleston on the existing Ethiopia-US bilateral relations and other issues common interest.
Meles and the visiting US official held fruitful discussions on political and security issues and as to how to fight terrorism in the Horn of Africa, according a senior government official who attended the discussion.
During the discussion, Meles expressed Ethiopia’s keen interest to scale up the existing Ethiopia-US bilateral relations to a higher level in the years ahead. The premier also reaffirmed Ethiopia’s willingness to work together with the US in efforts geared toward resolving the crisis in Somalia and in Darfur, the Sudan.
After the discussion, Huddleston told journalists that she and the prime minister held valuable discussions as to how to bolster cooperation between the two sisterly countries.
Vicki Huddleston, who worked as Charge d’Affairs in US Embassy in Ethiopia, also said the two parties agreed to work together toward resolving the existing crisis in Somalia and the Sudan.
Source:nazret.com/
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