HC Deb 25 November 1991 vol 199 c374W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress of Ethiopia towards good government.

Mrs. Chalker

A broad-based transitional Government was formed in August. Elections to a new national assembly are due within two years. Her Majesty's Government welcome the transitional Government's commitment to respect for human rights, democracy and the liberalisation of the largely state-controlled economy inherited from the Mengistu regime.

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