§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
What information they have received from the Ethiopian Government about the reasons for its withdrawal from the proximity talks on proposals by President Abdulaziz Buouteflika of Algeria for the delimitation and demarcation of the boundary between Ethiopia and Eritrea, compensation and investigation of the origins of the conflict. [HL4480]
§ Baroness Scotland of AsthalThe Ethiopian Foreign Minister, Seyoum Mesfin, has blamed "the intransigent behaviour of the Eritrean Government" for failing to move the peace process forward, and accused the Eritreans of proposing unacceptable conditions in the Algiers talks.