/ 23 August 1999

OAU ENVOY IN ETHIOPIA

OAU PRESIDENT Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s envoy on the Horn of Africa conflict is in Addis Ababa to answer Ethiopian questions on ways of implementing a peace deal. The OAU drafted the peace deal that was eventually accepted by both warring parties. The conflict broke out between Asmara and Addis Ababa in May 1998. Ouyahia is to meet with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin, government sources in Addis Ababa said.