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Daily Press Briefing
Sean McCormack, Spokesman
Washington, DC
August 8, 2006
MR. MCCORMACK: You had your question, okay.
Yes.
QUESTION ECTV: Thank you, in Ethiopia. This weekend the Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum has been visited in Somalia following the transitional government and returned back to Ethiopia. Did they discuss with you regarding what they have discussed with Somalia transitional government?
MR. MCCORMACK: I don't think we've gotten a readout of their discussion. Certainly it's a, you know, quite serious situation in Somalia where you have this Federal Institution that the international community has been trying to build up becoming weaker through these resignations. Certainly we've seen a lot of different news reports about various attempts of Somalia's neighbors to interfere in Somalian affairs. That is certainly not something that we or any other member of the Somalia Contact Group would want to see. We would want to see the international community try to play a positive role to help Somalia and the Somalian people.
We are currently scheduled to have a meeting of the Somalia Contact Group at the end of this month, at the end of August and we'll keep you up to date on the when and the where of that.
Thanks.
May 16, 2006
Question ECTV: Is the United States Government involved in any fundraising for Ethiopian opposition groups in the United States? If so, how?
Answer: No. The United States Government does not fundraise for individual parties in other countries, nor do we do so for any political party, American or foreign.
2006/596
QUESTION: This weekend the Assistant Secretary of African Affairs Donald visited Ethiopia and do you have any outcomes in meeting with the Prime Minister Meles Zenawi?
MR. MCCORMACK: I don't have any information to support that claim.
"... The protests here are calling on Secretary Rice - I don't know exactly what they're yelling at her, but do you know if she heard them? They're yelling...
"Journalist Endale Getahun, ECTV NEWS asks a question to Sean McCormack, at Daily Press Briefing
Washington, DC May 16, 2006
[U.S. Department of State]....Opposition extremists as well as ruling party cadres and government officials have been responsible for these unacceptable actions.
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Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC August 9, 2006
Question Taken at August 8, 2006 Daily Press Briefing
US STATE DEPARTMENT, The International Visitor Leadership Program operates under authority of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (Fulbright-Hays Act). The emphasis of the program is to increase mutual understanding through communication at the personal and professional levels.
Ato Ayele Chamiso Olbamo, Vice President, Representatives Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (CUDP)
Dr. Mesrak Mokonnen Yetneberk Speaker of the Amhara National Regional Council (House of Representatives), EPRDF
Ayele Seyoum Anore Member of Ethiopian Federal Parliament, Executive ember of the Ethiopian Social Democratic Party and active member of United Ethiopian Democratic Forces (UEDF) Party, Member of Central committee of South Ethiopian Peoples Democratic Coalition (SEPDC) Party and secretary of Haiya National Democratic Organization Party.
Ato Mesfin Namarra Deressa Member of Parliament, House of Peoples Representatives, Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM)
Ato Temesgen Zewdie Woldemichael Member of Ethiopian Parliament, Representatives Collation for Unity and Democracy Party (CUDP)
Ato Lidetu Ayalew Mihretu Member of ethiopian Parliament, House of Representatives, President, United Ethiopian Democratic Party - Medhin (UEDP - MEDHIN)
The International Visitor Leadership Program annually brings to the United States approximately 5,000 foreign nationals from all over the world to meet and confer with their professional counterparts and to experience America firsthand.
ETHIOPIA - August 5th to August 9th, 2006, a six member delegation from Ethiopia will be in Philadelphia to examine the U.S. Legislative Process. They are guests of the State Department's International Visitor Leadership Program.
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The founder and Chair of the Congressional Ethiopia and Ethiopian American Caucus, Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) Member, House committee on Transportation and Chairs the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. (L)
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