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ERITREA: Isayas visits US warship
NAIROBI, 7 April 2003 (IRIN) - Eritrean President Isayas Afewerki has become the first head of state from the Horn of Africa to visit the operational headquarters of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) aboard the USS Mount Whitney, according to a press statement from the CJTF-HOA.
It said the Eritrean delegation, which included Defence Minister Gen Sebhat Ephrem, Foreign Minister Ali Sayyid Abdallah and other senior government and military officials, was hosted by the CJTF-HOA commander, Maj-Gen John F. Sattler.
The two sides discussed a number of topics, "primarily focusing on the CJTF-HOA mission to detect, disrupt and defeat transnational terrorist groups in the Horn of Africa region".
During the meeting, held last week, Isayas and Sattler and expressed readiness for cooperation "in the areas of security, information sharing, commitment to defeating terrorism and establishing conditions necessary for long-term stability throughout the Horn of Africa region", said the statement.
Defence Minister Sebhat Ephrem subsequently hosted Sattler and members of the CJTF-HOA staff on a tour of the Massawa naval base and the Dahlak Islands.
Themes: (IRIN) Conflict
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