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 MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Ethiopia's foreign minister arrived in Somalia Saturday to mediate disagreements among the leaders of the nation's U.N.-backed transitional government, which is under pressure from an Islamic militia that the United States accuses of harboring terrorists.
Seyoum Mesfin became the first Ethiopian official to visit Somalia in many years. The neighboring countries fought a war from 1977 to 1978 and view each other as enemies, but Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf is a longtime ally of Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian foreign minister and Yusuf met early Saturday in Baidoa, and Mesfin was scheduled to meet with Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi before traveling to Kenya for talks with officials.
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