Ethiopia / Kidnapping of foreigners / Statement by French minister of Foreign Affairs

 

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, September 26, 2008/African Press Organization (APO)/ — French minister of Foreign Affairs Daily press briefing

Taken questions

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About the two employees of Médecins du Monde (Doctors of the World) kidnapped in Ethiopia Monday. Do you have any information about the situation and their nationality? (…)

 

As we said earlier, the two employees of Médecins du Monde kidnapped in Ethiopia the day before yesterday were not French nationals.

 

It is up to that organization, with which we are naturally in contact, to give out any information on this matter if it so wishes.

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SOURCE : France – Ministry of Foreign Affairs