China to appoint Horn of Africa envoy amid Ethiopia crisis (Independent)
Posted: 06 Jan 2022, 08:20
China’s foreign minister says his country will appoint a special envoy to the Horn of Africa region, where Ethiopia and Eritrea have been fighting forces from Ethiopia’s Tigray region and Somalia is in the grip of a political crisis caused by a long-delayed election.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi in comments to reporters during his Thursday visit to Kenya, didn’t say when the appointment would be made. He urged countries in the Horn of Africa, a strategic but at times turbulent region, to hold a peace conference and said China’s envoy could provide “necessary support” for that process.
The announcement came as the United States’ special envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, is again visiting Ethiopia in the hope of taking advantage of a relative lull in the country’s conflict to press for a cease-fire and path to peace.
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Foreign Minister Wang Yi in comments to reporters during his Thursday visit to Kenya, didn’t say when the appointment would be made. He urged countries in the Horn of Africa, a strategic but at times turbulent region, to hold a peace conference and said China’s envoy could provide “necessary support” for that process.
The announcement came as the United States’ special envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, is again visiting Ethiopia in the hope of taking advantage of a relative lull in the country’s conflict to press for a cease-fire and path to peace.
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