"Ethiopia recognises that the peace process needs to be completed by bringing into the process the other Somali parties that did not participate at the Arta conference," the foreign ministry said. The two countries went to war in 1977 when Somalia's former dictator Mohamed Siad Barre invaded the Ogaden region of eastern Ethiopia. Ethiopia has in recent years accused different factions inside Somalia of helping Islamic fundamentalist rebel groups such as Al Ittihad launch cross-border raids into Ethiopia. "As far as security is concerned, such fundamentalist groups are more of a danger to us than Ethiopia," he said. "After all, the security of Ethiopia and Somalia are interdependent."

Source: Ethiopian News September 13, 2017 11:15 UTC