Norway and the Meles regime agree to restore relations

ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) — Ethiopia The Woyanne tribal dictatorship in Ethiopia and Norway on Wednesday agreed to restore their relations to the previous status following a meeting of their foreign ministers held on Sept. 25 in New York, Ethiopia’s Woyanne Foreign Ministry said.

“The two ministers reviewed the report of the joint technical committee established with a mandate to look into all aspects of the problems and misunderstandings that led to the regrettable turn of events in the relations between Ethiopia Woyanne and Norway,” said the ministry in a statement.

The ministers expressed satisfaction with the work of the technical committee, and agreed to restore relations between the two countries to their previous status, it said.

“The decision taken by the government of the Federal Democratic Republic of del datetime=”2008-10-02T03:09:51+00:00″>Ethiopia Woyanne in connection with the diplomatic representation of the Kingdom of Norway in Addis Ababa has been rescinded.”

The ministry expressed belief that cooperation between the two countries will continue to deepen in all areas, the statement said.

In August last year, Ethiopia deported six Norwegian diplomats, saying that they had interfered in Ethiopia’s internal affairs.

However, Ethiopia Woyanne was insisting it had not severed diplomatic relations with Norway but was unhappy with its dealings with Eritrea in particular.

The row was caused by Norway’s support for the next round of border talks with Eritrea to be held at UN headquarters in New York.