War’s End Declared; U.N. to Supervise
From Times Wire Reports
Declaring an end to the war with neighboring Eritrea, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said negotiations on reaching an overall peace settlement will start soon. The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to authorize a 4,200-strong peacekeeping force to oversee a cease-fire and the removal of troops from the two nations’ disputed border. He said a cease-fire in the two-year border war between the two Horn of Africa neighbors, agreed on in June, was holding.
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