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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO: 512 (NW669E)
PIBLISHED IN INTERNAL QUESTIONPAPER NO: 9-2013 OF 22 MARCH 2013
MR E H ELOFF (DA) TO ASK THE MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND
COOPERATION:
What is governmentâs official position towards the Oromo Liberation
Front (OLF)?
REPLY:
The South African Government supports the democratic process in
Ethiopia, a country with which we have close relations. The Government
also supports the inclusion of all opposition parties in the political
process in Ethiopia. The South African Government realises that the
OLF is a political role-player as many others in Ethiopia and
encourages the Ethiopian Government and the OLF to find an amicable
solution to their differences for the good of the country.
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