SRRC consultation begins on Thursday

Addis Ababa, Feb. 27(ENA)-- Consultation will get underway on Thursday among members of the Somali Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC) and other Somali political groups not part of the Transitional National Government (TNG).

A press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the consultation is a follow-up to the understanding reached at the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD) Council of Ministers meeting in Nairobi on 14 February 2002.

The meeting is designed to prepare for the upcoming national reconciliation conference, that is hoped will include all Somali political forces for its success, the release said.

"It is also hoped that this process of consultation would ensure the constructive participation of all Somali forces in the national reconciliation conference," it said.

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