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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia has genuine security concerns and intervened at the request of the Somali legitimate government, the U.S. government said.
The United States has defended Ethiopia's action saying it has genuine security concerns and has intervened at the request of the country's legitimate government, the TFG, VOA reported yesterday.
It quoted Acting State Department Spokesman Gonzalo Diego as saying that Ethiopia started its military operation in Somalia in response to aggression by the fundamentalist militiamen.
"The US continues to urge the Ethiopian government exercise maximum restraint in intervening a responding development in Somalia and to ensure the protection of civilians," he said.
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia has genuine security concerns and intervened at the request of the Somali legitimate government, the U.S. government said.
The United States has defended Ethiopia's action saying it has genuine security concerns and has intervened at the request of the country's legitimate government, the TFG, VOA reported yesterday.
It quoted Acting State Department Spokesman Gonzalo Diego as saying that Ethiopia started its military operation in Somalia in response to aggression by the fundamentalist militiamen.
"The US continues to urge the Ethiopian government exercise maximum restraint in intervening a responding development in Somalia and to ensure the protection of civilians," he said.
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