US commander hails cooperation with Ethiopia

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ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — The US Commander of the Joint Task Force for the Horn of Africa lauded its joint anti-terrorism activities with Ethiopia, whose troops recently defeated an Islamist movement in Somalia.

Rear Admiral Richard W. Hunt said Addis Ababa, whose military intervention received Washington's backing, was working closely with the United States in the implementation of anti-terrorism projects in the Horn of Africa region, state media said.

"The cooperation between the two nations will further strengthen. The impact in the region has been a positive one," Hunt said after talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in the capital Addis Ababa.

Hunt praised Ethiopia's defeat of the Somali Islamists late last year and added that Meles assured that he...