Boost for Somali, Sudan peace
2003-02-17 13:55
Nairobi - Norway will donate $500 000 to help pay for peace talks in Kenya aimed at ending internal conflicts in Sudan and Somalia, Norway's International Development Minister Hilde Johnson said here on Monday.
"We are pleased with the role Kenya is playing in the Sudan and Somali peace talks and we are coming in to assist with $250 000 each for both Sudan and Somali peace processes," Johnson said during a meeting with Kenyan Foreign Minister Kalonzo Musyoka.
The talks are being held under technical committees of the seven-nation Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), comprising Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda and nominally Somalia, which has been without an effective central government since 1991.
Johnson, who is in Kenya on a two-day official visit, will hold talks with other top government officials before flying out of the country on Tuesday. - Sapa-AFP
- SAPA