WORLD : Ethiopia Peace Talks in Atlanta
<i> From Times wire services</i>
ATLANTA —
The government of Ethiopia and the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front have agreed to hold peace talks in Atlanta next month aimed at ending the 25-year-old civil war in the country, former President Jimmy Carter said today.
Carter agreed to act as an intermediary in the peace talks, to begin Sept. 7, after he met separately with both sides during a trip to Africa last month, a statement from Carter’s office said.
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