§ Ms Oona KingTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action the412W Government are taking to encourage the Ethiopian administration to accept the technical arrangements for the implementation of the framework agreement to resolve the conflict with Eritrea. [104804]
§ Mr. HainWe have made it clear to Ethiopia and Eritrea that we and the international community want an early and negotiated settlement to this conflict. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Development and I underlined this message in meetings with the Ethiopian Foreign Minister on 9 December.
Since then, the Ethiopian Government has received from the Organisation of African Unity clarification of several queries about the Technical Arrangements. We now await a response from the Government.